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Jaula
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Wikipedia article
'Jaula' (; also known under the working title ) is a 2022 Spanish horror mystery and psychological thriller film directed by Ignacio Tatay in his feature debut. It stars Elena Anaya.
Plot
The fiction is primarily set in a residential area of high-class villas. One night, Paula and her husband find out a wandering girl, who is obsessed with a purported monster that will allegedly haunt her once she crosses a chalk square drawn on the soil. Upon attempts to amend their conjugal relationship, the couple pledges to foster care the girl on a temporary basis.
Cast
Production
Isabel Pea collaborated in the writing. The film is a Pokeepsie Films production. Halted due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, filming resumed in July 2020. Oriol Barcelona took over cinematography duties. The film was shot on locations of the Madrid region, including Madrid, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Boadilla del Monte and a set in Villaviciosa de Odn.
Release
Distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment Iberia, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 9 September 2022. holalala
Reception
Raquel Hernndez Lujn of 'HobbyConsolas' rated 'Jaula' 78 out of 100 points ("good"), deeming the film to be "a candy for thriller lovers", with "good performances and [good] production values" endorsing a "memorable debut".
Miguel ngel Romero of 'Cinemana' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, assessing that Tatay makes a masterful debut, "a horror-tinged thriller whose strength lies in the acting quality of its protagonists".
Jordi Batlle Caminal of 'Fotogramas' rated 'Jaula' 3 out of 5 stars, deeming the debut feature to be a "model exercise in genre cinema, well-made and without authorial pretensions", featuring a "spectacular" plot twist at the height of the hour mark.
See also
* List of Spanish films of 2022
References
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