Marisa Montiel |
Madrid (EFE).- Jennifer Lawrence returns to comedy in “Sin malos rollos”, which arrives this Friday at the cinema together with “A not so simple life”, starring Miki Esparbé, the fantastic “The magic door” or the French “Treason” with Sophie Marçeau and “La maison”, the story of a woman who became a prostitute to write a book about that world.
Hollywood star and action hero Jennifer Lawrence unleashes her comedic potential in “No Bad Rolls”, putting herself in the shoes of a woman who sees the solution to her financial problems when she reads an ad from parents looking for a girl to date with her introverted 19-year-old son and hatched him.
Directed by Gene Stupnitsky, who wrote “The Office” for five years, the idea came from an actual ad the team read in a newspaper that led them to wonder what kind of parents would do something like that and who would respond to it.
Miki Esparbé and the crisis of adult life
Miki Esparbé, Álex García, Ana Polvorosa and Olaya Caldera lead the cast of “A not so simple life”, a new film by Félix Viscarret that revolves around a group of adults who have become mothers and fathers without feeling too prepared for it and that they are submerged in the small disasters that implies to reconcile the professional life and the life with children.
Viscarret, who made his debut in 2007 with “Bajo las estrellas”, has just co-directed the series “Patria” for HBO and filmed “Don’t look into my eyes”, an adaptation of a novel by Juan José Millás.
“The magic door”, magic and youthful fantasy
Magic, fantasy, romance and adventure are intertwined in this adaptation of Tom Holt’s novel of the same name starring young British actors Patrick Gibson and Sophie Wilde, accompanied by veterans such as Christoph Waltz, Sam Neill and Miranda Otto.
Directed by Jeffrey Walker and produced by the iconic studio The Jim Henson Company, the plot revolves around a mission to find a magical door that will lead the protagonists from the depths of a goblin-infested basement to the heights of the Himalayas.
“La maison”, prostitution to write a book
Emma, a 27-year-old novelist, wants to write a book about the world of prostitution and for that she starts working as a prostitute in La Maison, a famous Berlin brothel, with the intention of spending no more than two weeks there, but ends up staying two years.
Based on the autobiographical novel by Emma Becker, the film is directed by Anissa Bonnefont, the protagonist is Ana Girardot and Rossy de Palma participates.
Sophie Marçeau, to the counterattack in “Treason”
Sophie Marçeau stars in the new film by Jean-Paul Civeyrac, the story of a brilliant police officer whose ethical code is compromised after discovering her husband’s infidelity.
Juliane Verbeck is the general police station in Paris, a woman of great moral integrity and strength, but the discovery of her husband’s double life will throw her off balance and lead her to behaviors and acts of which she would never have believed herself capable. .
“Nimona”, a techno-medieval animated adventure
In a futuristic medieval world, a knight is accused of a crime he did not commit. The only person who can help him prove his innocence is Nimona, a teenager who may also be a shapeshifter he has sworn to destroy.
Directed by Nick Bruno and Troy Quane, “Nimona” is an epic tale of finding friendship in the most surprising situations and accepting yourself and others for who you are, based on the graphic novel by ND Stevenson.
Fernando Cayo, Goya Toledo and Fernando Tejero, among others, make up the cast of this intriguing black comedy directed by Chiqui Carabante that revolves around the Viaplana family reunion after the mysterious death of the clan patriarch.
His heirs will have to face a great game orchestrated by their late patriarch, a kind of posthumous joke, which will expose the family’s best kept secret.
A post-apocalyptic animated film with an environmental message
Winner of the Platinum Award for Best Animated Film, the Mexican “Eagle and Jaguar: Legendary Warriors” takes place in a post-apocalyptic future in which the water has almost disappeared and two young men travel back in time to find the mythical power of the god. history of water and thus be able to create the vital resource.
However, when they get to the present they discover that power is in the hands of an unscrupulous businessman who knows everything about pre-Hispanic myths and had always wanted to monopolize water.
“The hidden memory”, a documentary to celebrate pride
José Luis Pecharromán, director of photography, makes his debut as a director with this documentary about the LGTBIQ+ collective at the end of the Franco regime and the Spanish transition, which was the Special Jury Award and the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Lesgaicinemad Film Festival.
Two elderly men and two women talk about their experiences in this context of police criminalization, family exclusion, social marginalization and labor and health discrimination, with underlying problems such as prostitution and AIDS.
“H”, an author documentary
“H” is based on a real event, the fatal shock suffered by a runner during the 1969 Sanfermines who, contrary to tradition, went to the running of the bulls dressed in blue. The man who carried a key ring with the letter H in his pocket was the uncle of Carlos Pardo Ros, director of this documentary that evokes the events.
Biblical cinema: “His only son”
David Helling’s debut film narrates the biblical moment in which God orders Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac, one of the most controversial chapters of the Old Testament.