Phenomena is a movie directed by Carlos Therón starringr Belén Rueda, Gracia Olayo and Toni Acosta.
Starting this Friday on Netflix.
Nice within its pretensions, and with the grace of letting us appreciate Belén Rueda in a horror film after having seen her in so many horror films… way more serious than this one.
Very curated in the photography… but in the rest, an entertainment that “goes to the point” and, without leaving its light tone, manages to entertain for a while and be forgotten very quickly.
Movie Review
It will not go down in history, but it leaves a pleasant taste in the mouth, without pretensions, without wanting to be anything other than what it is, without seeking to find the original and, with a tone of self-conscious parody, just aiming at entertaining without looking for absolutely nothing else.
Deeply Spanish, with that humor that succeeds in the Spain that consumes national production that,...
Starting this Friday on Netflix.
Nice within its pretensions, and with the grace of letting us appreciate Belén Rueda in a horror film after having seen her in so many horror films… way more serious than this one.
Very curated in the photography… but in the rest, an entertainment that “goes to the point” and, without leaving its light tone, manages to entertain for a while and be forgotten very quickly.
Movie Review
It will not go down in history, but it leaves a pleasant taste in the mouth, without pretensions, without wanting to be anything other than what it is, without seeking to find the original and, with a tone of self-conscious parody, just aiming at entertaining without looking for absolutely nothing else.
Deeply Spanish, with that humor that succeeds in the Spain that consumes national production that,...
- 4/14/2023
- by Veronica Loop
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Nadie Es Perfecto, the Spanish production house founded by Kiko Martinez, has announced it is to produce smash hit Spanish-language young adult novel “Mala influencia,” written by Teensspirit for Wattpad Webtoon story telling platform. It will be produced with Mexico’s The42ndFilm and Wattpad Webtoon Studios.
To be directed by Catalan helmer Roger Gual, the script has been adapted for the big screen by Gual himself along with close collaborator, Spanish Mexico-based scriptwriter Antón Goenechea. It will be the first project produced by former Netflix exec and industry veteran Juan Mayne in his new position at Nadie Es Perfecto, which he began earlier this year.
A romantic thriller with Romeo and Juliette shades of a forbidden love between two star-crossed youths separated by a social chasm, the project will be set on Spain’s Costa del Sol and promises to take a glancing look at urban real estate corruption in the area.
To be directed by Catalan helmer Roger Gual, the script has been adapted for the big screen by Gual himself along with close collaborator, Spanish Mexico-based scriptwriter Antón Goenechea. It will be the first project produced by former Netflix exec and industry veteran Juan Mayne in his new position at Nadie Es Perfecto, which he began earlier this year.
A romantic thriller with Romeo and Juliette shades of a forbidden love between two star-crossed youths separated by a social chasm, the project will be set on Spain’s Costa del Sol and promises to take a glancing look at urban real estate corruption in the area.
- 11/10/2022
- by Douglas Wilson
- Variety Film + TV
A producer on one of the highest-grossing of Spanish films in the last decade, Alex de la Iglesia’s “Perfect Strangers,” Madrid-based Nadie es Perfecto is ramping up production as it rebrands and, following the hire of ex-Netflix exec Juan Mayne, focuses on broadening its bridges with Mexico and Latin America.
In one move, Christopher Hool at Mexico’s Sdb Films has boarded two upcoming Nep titles, “La Navidad está en sus manos,” from Joaquín Mazón, and Kike Maillo’s”Locomía.”
Nep also adapted Mexican hit series “El Juego de la Llaves,” a property of Corazón Films, for Spain, producing with Warner Bros. and local broadcaster Atresmedia.
As a sign of its expanded ambitions, the company is now rebranding as Nadie es Perfecto+.
“We aim to make more films, be present in more series and open up to other formats, and we’re already advancing on a brace of titles,...
In one move, Christopher Hool at Mexico’s Sdb Films has boarded two upcoming Nep titles, “La Navidad está en sus manos,” from Joaquín Mazón, and Kike Maillo’s”Locomía.”
Nep also adapted Mexican hit series “El Juego de la Llaves,” a property of Corazón Films, for Spain, producing with Warner Bros. and local broadcaster Atresmedia.
As a sign of its expanded ambitions, the company is now rebranding as Nadie es Perfecto+.
“We aim to make more films, be present in more series and open up to other formats, and we’re already advancing on a brace of titles,...
- 11/4/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Spanish indie production shingle Nadie es Perfecto, producer of Alex de la Iglesia’s hit comedy “Perfectos Desconocidos,” has tapped former Netflix exec Juan Mayne to join the company as it revs up its slate with a slew of new projects.
These include two pics in pre-production: “La navidad en sus manos,” in co-production with Bowfinger and Esto También Pasará, directed by Joaquín Mazón, starring Ernesto Sevilla and with a special collaboration from actor-filmmaker Santiago Segura, who has worked with de la Iglesia and Guillermo del Toro; and “Locomía,” directed by Kike Maillo, starring Jaime Lorente and Alberto Ammann.
Mayne’s 20 plus years of experience in the entertainment industry includes stints at Warner Bros. and Disney before heading the film division of Netflix in Spain. Said Mayne: “I am tremendously excited to begin this new role as an independent producer in a company that has spent two decades telling the best stories,...
These include two pics in pre-production: “La navidad en sus manos,” in co-production with Bowfinger and Esto También Pasará, directed by Joaquín Mazón, starring Ernesto Sevilla and with a special collaboration from actor-filmmaker Santiago Segura, who has worked with de la Iglesia and Guillermo del Toro; and “Locomía,” directed by Kike Maillo, starring Jaime Lorente and Alberto Ammann.
Mayne’s 20 plus years of experience in the entertainment industry includes stints at Warner Bros. and Disney before heading the film division of Netflix in Spain. Said Mayne: “I am tremendously excited to begin this new role as an independent producer in a company that has spent two decades telling the best stories,...
- 9/15/2022
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Despite dramatic times, there is room for some encouragement in recent moves by the Spanish film industry. Basque global hit “The Platform” proved the most-watched movie on Netflix in the U.S. The Mediapro Studio is upping film production with high-profile projects such as the Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas drama “Official Competition.” Meanwhile, Mr. Fields and Friends, headed by Bambú founders Ramón Campos and Teresa Fernández-Valdés, debuted with “Malasaña 32,” as well as plans to produce three to five movies every two years. Powerhouse Morena Films is in production with “Historias lamentables,” a drama from the team behind Spanish box office smash “Champions.”
Six days before producers will be allowed to restart production shoots in Spain, Pedro Sánchez’s Psoe socialist government has powered up the tax breaks cap for Hollywood and other foreign shoots as part of a relief package for Spain’s cultural industries.
Plowed through a...
Six days before producers will be allowed to restart production shoots in Spain, Pedro Sánchez’s Psoe socialist government has powered up the tax breaks cap for Hollywood and other foreign shoots as part of a relief package for Spain’s cultural industries.
Plowed through a...
- 5/11/2020
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
San Sebastian – Filmax has taken international rights to Álvaro Fernández Armero’s comedy “If I Were a Rich Man.”
Produced by Telecinco Cinema, Think Studio and Ciskul, and backed by Mediaset España and Movistar+, “If I Were a Rich Man” is a Spanish remake of Michel Munz and Gerard Bitton’s French comedy “Ah! Si j’étais riche” (If I Were a Rich Man).
“If I Were a Rich Man” will be released in Spain via Paramount Pictures Oct. 25.
First presented to buyers at the Toronto Film Festival, “If I Were a Rich Man” follows Santi, who, among other problems, is about to divorce his wife. Then he wins the lottery jackpot: €25 million ($27.5 million). The question is: how can he avoid sharing his fortune with his ex?
Especially gifted in comedy, director Fernández Armero presented last year at San Sebastian “Spanish Shame” (co-directed with Juan Cavestany), the first complete TV series screened at this festival,...
Produced by Telecinco Cinema, Think Studio and Ciskul, and backed by Mediaset España and Movistar+, “If I Were a Rich Man” is a Spanish remake of Michel Munz and Gerard Bitton’s French comedy “Ah! Si j’étais riche” (If I Were a Rich Man).
“If I Were a Rich Man” will be released in Spain via Paramount Pictures Oct. 25.
First presented to buyers at the Toronto Film Festival, “If I Were a Rich Man” follows Santi, who, among other problems, is about to divorce his wife. Then he wins the lottery jackpot: €25 million ($27.5 million). The question is: how can he avoid sharing his fortune with his ex?
Especially gifted in comedy, director Fernández Armero presented last year at San Sebastian “Spanish Shame” (co-directed with Juan Cavestany), the first complete TV series screened at this festival,...
- 9/19/2019
- by Emilio Mayorga
- Variety Film + TV
Sony’s claims 60% market share of box office for local films in Spain in year-to-date.
Sony Pictures International Productions’ (Spip) Spanish comedy Padre No Hay Más Que Uno (Father Is The Only One) has delivered the highest opening weekend by a local film in Spain so far this year.
The comedy remake earned an estimated $1.8m and boosts Sony Pictures Releasing International’s (Spri) box office in Spain for local titles to $26m and 60% market share.
Spri’s other local releases in the market this year include: Carlos Therón’s comedy I Can Quit Whenever I Want (Lo Dejo Cuando Quiera) on $12.8m,...
Sony Pictures International Productions’ (Spip) Spanish comedy Padre No Hay Más Que Uno (Father Is The Only One) has delivered the highest opening weekend by a local film in Spain so far this year.
The comedy remake earned an estimated $1.8m and boosts Sony Pictures Releasing International’s (Spri) box office in Spain for local titles to $26m and 60% market share.
Spri’s other local releases in the market this year include: Carlos Therón’s comedy I Can Quit Whenever I Want (Lo Dejo Cuando Quiera) on $12.8m,...
- 8/4/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The fourth feature film to see the director-actor move behind the camera is a Picomedia production in association with Medusa Film and a remake of the Spanish hit It’s For Your Own Good. Shooting has kicked off in Rome on È per il tuo bene, which sees Rolando Ravello move behind the camera once again to direct his fourth full-length picture. This new work by the director of No Place Like Home and Remember Me?, whose previous film La prima pietra toured Italian cinemas last year, while his series Immaturi graced the small screen, is an adaptation of the great Spanish hit It’s For Your Own Good directed by Carlos Therón. The script, which was penned by Ravello himself in league with Fabio Bonifacci, sees three families hit crisis point when their respective daughters all get engaged. Three desperate fathers see...
“4×4”
(Television Abierta, Mediapro)
First solo feature from Mariano Cohn, this is a pointed social dramedy about a thief trapped in a 4 x 4 by the car’s owner.
Sales: Latido
“Advantages of Traveling by Train”
(Morena Films, Señor y Señora Films, Logical Pictures)
Aritz Moreno’s debut feature, penned by Javier Gullón, revolves around stories told by untrustworthy narrators: a young editor and a psychiatrist who unexpectedly meet on a train.
Sales: Seville Intl.
“A Sun That Never Sets”
(Miramemira, Kowalski Films, 4 A 4 Prods., Tarantula)
Olivier Laxe, 2016’s Cannes Critics’ winner, now plays Un Certain Regard with this arthouse thriller about a convicted arsonist returning to his native Galician forests.
“Baby”
(Fragil Zinema)
A young junkie gives her newborn baby to a child trafficking racket and soon regrets the act. Juanma Bajo Ulloa directs.
“Bikes”
(Animation Bikes A.I.E., Cvc Group, Aleph Media)
The first Spain-China co-production is an animated...
(Television Abierta, Mediapro)
First solo feature from Mariano Cohn, this is a pointed social dramedy about a thief trapped in a 4 x 4 by the car’s owner.
Sales: Latido
“Advantages of Traveling by Train”
(Morena Films, Señor y Señora Films, Logical Pictures)
Aritz Moreno’s debut feature, penned by Javier Gullón, revolves around stories told by untrustworthy narrators: a young editor and a psychiatrist who unexpectedly meet on a train.
Sales: Seville Intl.
“A Sun That Never Sets”
(Miramemira, Kowalski Films, 4 A 4 Prods., Tarantula)
Olivier Laxe, 2016’s Cannes Critics’ winner, now plays Un Certain Regard with this arthouse thriller about a convicted arsonist returning to his native Galician forests.
“Baby”
(Fragil Zinema)
A young junkie gives her newborn baby to a child trafficking racket and soon regrets the act. Juanma Bajo Ulloa directs.
“Bikes”
(Animation Bikes A.I.E., Cvc Group, Aleph Media)
The first Spain-China co-production is an animated...
- 5/17/2019
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Key Spanish seller Filmax has taken international rights to comedy I Can Quit Whenever I Want (Lo Dejo Cuando Quiera) from local giant Telecinco Cinema, producers of the successful Spanish reboot of Perfect Strangers, The Impossible and The Orphanage, and Mod Producciones, producers of The Tribe and The Summit.
The anticipated Spanish-language film is a remake of hit Italian crime-comedy Smetto Quando Voglio, about three college professors, recently unemployed due to the economic crisis, who develop a multi-vitamin that allows them to party all night long without side effects. They launch themselves into the world of nightclubs and shady dealings, hoping to find a market for their new wonder drug.
This one sounds like a lot of fun. English-language remake potential seems clear.
Starring are David Verdaguer (Summer 1993), Ernesto Sevilla (We Are Pregnant), Carlos Santos (Smoke and Mirrors), Cristina Castaño (Under the Same Roof), Miren Ibarguren, Amaia Salamanca (Our...
The anticipated Spanish-language film is a remake of hit Italian crime-comedy Smetto Quando Voglio, about three college professors, recently unemployed due to the economic crisis, who develop a multi-vitamin that allows them to party all night long without side effects. They launch themselves into the world of nightclubs and shady dealings, hoping to find a market for their new wonder drug.
This one sounds like a lot of fun. English-language remake potential seems clear.
Starring are David Verdaguer (Summer 1993), Ernesto Sevilla (We Are Pregnant), Carlos Santos (Smoke and Mirrors), Cristina Castaño (Under the Same Roof), Miren Ibarguren, Amaia Salamanca (Our...
- 2/7/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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