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The Water (2022 film)
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Wikipedia article
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'The Water' is a 2022 drama film with magical realism elements directed by Elena Lpez Riera in her directorial debut feature which stars Luna Pamies, Brbara Lennie and Nieve de Medina. It is a joint Swiss-Spanish-French production.
Plot
Set in southeastern Spain, with the backdrop of a local superstition concerning women being predestined to drown in river floods, the plot follows Ana, who lives with her mother and her grandmother, while the storm is coming.
Cast
Production
The screenplay was penned by Elena Lpez Riera alongside . A Swiss-Spanish-French co-production, the film was produced by Alina Film, Suica Films and Les Films du Worso with support from Institut Valenci de Cultura, ICAA, Creative Europe's MEDIA, and participation of RTVE and . Shooting took place in Orihuela and other locations across the province of Alicante from April to May 2021. Giuseppe Truppi took over the cinematography whereas Raphal Lefvre did so with the film editing.
Release
The film had its world premiere on 20 May 2022 at the Directors' Fortnight parallel section of the 75th Cannes Film Festival. It will have its North-American premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival as part of the 'Contemporary World Cinema' film slate.
Filmin and Elastica scooped the distribution rights for Spain, where the film is scheduled to be theatrically released on 28 October 2022.
Reception
Jonathan Holland of 'ScreenDaily' deemed the film to be a "daring, multi-layered debut feature", also writing that "['The Water' is] a film which always feels carefully poised on the edge of the surreal, where dark things always seem to be pressing in".
Manu Yez of 'Fotogramas' rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, extolling the "audacity" of Elena Lpez Riera at handling and intermingling the elements of the film.
Elsa Fernndez-Santos of 'El Pas' deemed the "suggestive" debut feature to be "a film where the arcane becomes visible in a subtle and interior way".
See also
* List of Spanish films of 2022
References
Category:Films shot in the province of Alicante
Category:Films set in Spain
Category:Spanish drama films
Category:Swiss drama films
Category:French drama films
Category:2022 drama films
Category:2020s Spanish-language films
Category:2022 directorial debut films
Category:2020s Spanish films
Category:Magic realism films
Category:2020s French films
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