Marisa Montiel |
Madrid (EFE) this Friday to steal prominence from the horror franchise “Infernal Possession”.
The demonic terror of “Hell’s Possession: Awakening”
The horror franchise created by Sam Raimi in 1981 returns with a fifth installment from writer-director Lee Cronin (“Cursed Forest”) and with a cast headed by Lily Sullivan and Alyssa Sutherland.
The plot, which moves out of the forest and into the city, revolves around two estranged sisters, whose reunion is interrupted by the appearance of demons that push them to fight a battle for survival.
“20,000 species of bees”, trans childhood
Sofía Otero, the leading girl, won the Silver Bear at the Berlinale for her work on “20,000 species of bees”, the debut film by Estíbaliz Urresola, who also won the highest award, the Biznaga de Oro, at the Festival from Malaga.
Urresola presents a family confronted with childhood transsexuality. Cocó, eight years old, does not understand why she does not fit the expectations of the rest. The story takes place during a vacation with her mother Ane (Patricia López Arnaiz) and her brothers in the maternal house, where they are dedicated to raising bees and producing honey.
Víctor García León, director of “Selfie” and “Los europeos”, takes the controls in this new family comedy from Telecinco Cinema, “¡Vaya vacaciones!”, dedicated to grandparents who take care of their grandchildren, with a cast that includes Toni Acosta, Ernesto Sevilla, Tito Valverde and Gracia Olayo.
Manuel Burque and Josep Gatell (“It’s for your good”, “Operación Camarón”) sign the script, in which parents and grandparents wage a silent and merciless battle to avoid having to stay with the children on summer vacation .
Michael Jacobs directs this multi-generational romantic comedy with veteran Hollywood stars like Diane Keaton, Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon and young talent like Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey.
When Michelle (Roberts) and Allen (Bracey) invite their parents to meet each other before they get married, they discover that not only did they already know each other, but they were cheating on each other.
Serebrennikov addresses Tchaikovsky’s homosexuality
In this historical drama, which competed for the Palme d’Or at Cannes last year, the Russian filmmaker and dissident Kirill Serébrennikov tackles a taboo subject in Russia, such as the homosexuality of one of its most famous composers, Piotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893). ).
With a perfectly choreographed staging and some risqué sequences, the story focuses on his marriage to Antonina Miliukova, a student completely obsessed with him and whose relationship, according to the film, was never consummated.
Ten things to do before the end of the world
Thelma’s (Alexandra Lamy) life takes a tragic turn when an accident leaves her 12-year-old son Louis in a coma. Determined to wake him up, she accepts the challenge of completing one by one the “ten things to do before the end of the world” that he had written in her diary, to show him all the good things her life has to offer.
“La habitación de las maravillas” is based on a novel of the same name by Julien Sandrel and has been brought to the big screen by the director Lisa Azuelos together with the producers of “La familia Bélier” (2014), on which the Oscar-winning film was based. “CODE” (2021).
“The daughter of all rages”, a Nicaraguan drama
The drama of children looking for objects in the garbage to survive is reflected with all its pain, but also with flashes of beauty, in this first film by Nicaraguan Laura Baumeister, nominated for the Platino Awards, which will be presented this Saturday in Madrid.
The film, which has gone through festivals such as Toronto and San Sebastián, takes place around a large landfill, close to a large lake and a beautiful mountain range, where tons of waste arrive every day and the children search for something to resell, they drug and fight, but they also play and help each other.
“Hannah and the Monsters”, Spanish animation
The first film by the Galician Lorena Ares narrates the adventure of a girl through the forbidden city of Monsterville, where monsters of all sizes and colors inhabit and who will find themselves in a bind before the arrival of the little human girl.
Made in 3D but with 2D aesthetics, “Hannah and the Monsters” is a hymn to tolerance and entertainment for the little ones.
Ana de Armas and Chris Evans in “Ghosted” by Appel TV +
The Spanish-Cuban actress Ana de Armas and the American Chris Evans once again share the leading role in “Ghosted”, a love story with a comedy tone that has as its plot background a spy movie entanglement.
Directed by Dexter Fletcher, it marks the third collaboration between the two actors, who have also coincided in “Knives out” and “The Gray Man”. It premieres directly on Apple TV +.
“Life and death in a warehouse”, in Filmin
This BBC production directed by Joseph Bullman and written by new screenwriter Helen Black is inspired by real events and is the result of extensive research into abusive working conditions, excessive control mechanisms and inhuman work rhythms that are reproduced in the warehouses of the main international distribution giants.
Also premiering this week are the documentaries “Lincessa, the silences of the forest”, by Pototo Díez, about the boreal lynx; “Libres”, about the monastic life, by Santos Blanco; and “I sing to books and women”, a portrait of four women and their books, by María Elorza.