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Venicephrenia

Spanish film

Venicephrenia (Spanish: Veneciafrenia)[1] is a Spanish slasher thriller film directed by Álex de la Iglesia. It is the first film belonging to the 'Fear Collection' label created by Sony Pictures International Productions and Pokeepsie Films in association with Amazon Prime Video. It stars Ingrid García Jonsson, Silvia Alonso, Goize Blanco, Nicolás Iloro and Alberto Bang as a group of Spanish friends who travel to Venice as part of a vacation plan, but as soon as they arrive to their destination, they encounter with furious inhabitants who refuse to welcome them, and a deadly killer who hunts each of them down.

Venicephrenia had its world premiere at Sitges Film Festival on 9 October , with several more festival screenings following until it was released theatrically on Spain on 22 April

Plot

A group of young Spanish tourists travel to Venice in order to have a good time, even though their inhabitants are not in a welcoming mood for tourists. Once there, they face the prospect of struggling to stay alive.[2][3]

Cast

Production

Veneciafrenia was written by Álex de la Iglesia alongside Jorge Guerricaechevarría.[5] Produced by Pokeepsie Films and The Fear Collection AIE, in association with Sony Pictures International Productions and Prime Video and with the participation from Mogambo Films,[6][5] the film was shot in between Madrid and Venice.[4] Shooting began on 5 October and lasted for seven weeks.[7][4]

Release

The film made its world premiere at the 54th Sitges Film Festival (FICFC) on October 9, [3][8] Tentatively slated for a wide theatrical release on November 26, , in Spain,[8] the domestic release date was finally rescheduled to April 22, , due to the COVID pandemic.[9][10][6]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 75% of 8 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of /[11]

Jesús Palacios of Fotogramas rated the film with 4 out of 5 stars, writing that it presents a "schizophrenic exercise in the love of evil, of villains torn between reason and irrational murderous madness, of scapegoats and moral and social dilemmas", praising its boldness while negatively pointing out at its "rather soft" ending.[12]

Marta Medina of El Confidencial also gave it 4 out of 5 stars, considering that the film brings together almost all the obsessions hallmark to De la Iglesia's films.[13]

Reviewing for Cinemanía, Miguel Ángel Romero gave it 4 out of 5 stars, underscoring Venicephrenia to be a story of "tourism-phobia and murder in a rundown Venice."[14]

Oti Rodríguez Marchante of ABC scored 2 out of 5 stars, assessing that De la Iglesia and Guerricaechevarría managed that their story do not say much, which is what it is all about, and that its characters are tiresome and stupid enough that any violence inflicted on them becomes normal and bearable to the viewer.[15]

Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas scored 60 out of points ('acceptable'), deeming the film to be an "imperfect slasher" displaying a message denouncing mass tourism that fails at making viewers empathise with the protagonists.[16] She praised the opening credits and the transgressive elements blended with the carnival's imagery while considering the production issues not solved at the editing stage to be the worst about the film.[16]

See also

References

  1. ^"Just Spainted. Winter/Spring New Spanish Films"(PDF). ICAA. p.&#; Retrieved 21 April &#; via Audiovisual
  2. ^"Así es 'Veneciafrenia', de Alex de la Iglesia". El País. 28 September
  3. ^ abMayor Ortega, Leonor (9 October ). "Álex de la Iglesia: "Durante el rodaje en Venecia le robábamos la iluminación a Tom Cruise"". La Vanguardia.
  4. ^ abcdefghijklPonga, Paula; Pando, Juan (13 January ). "'Veneciafrenia': Primeras fotos de lo nuevo de Álex de la Iglesia". Fotogramas.
  5. ^ ab"Veneciafrenia". Academia de Cine. 22 October
  6. ^ ab"'Veneciafrenia' – estreno en cines 22 de abril". Audiovisual. 18 April
  7. ^"Álex de la Iglesia rueda en Venecia un filme de terror, 'Veneciafrenia'". Diario Vasco. 25 October
  8. ^ abRomero, Miguel Ángel (10 October ). "[Sitges ] 'Veneciafrenia': turismo masivo y sangre a borbotones en lo nuevo de Álex de la Iglesia". Cinemanía (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 October
  9. ^Aller, María (14 November ). "Estas son las películas más esperadas que se estrenarán en ". Fotogramas.
  10. ^González, Sergio C. (28 October ). "Veneciafrenia, la nueva película de Álex de la Iglesia, revela su fecha de estreno". Meristation. As.
  11. ^"Venicephrenia". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 30 December
  12. ^Palacios, Jesús (21 April ). "Crítica de 'Veneciafrenia', terror en los canales por Álex de la Iglesia". Fotogramas.
  13. ^Medina, Marta (22 April ). "'Veneciafrenia': Álex de la Iglesia lleva la turismofobia a su extremo más gore". El Confidencial.
  14. ^Romero, Miguel Ángel (18 April ). "Crítica de 'Veneciafrenia'". Cinemanía &#; via
  15. ^Rodríguez Marchante, Oti (21 April ). "Crítica de 'Veneciafrenia': Muertecitos en Venecia". abcplay &#; via ABC.
  16. ^ abHernández Luján, Raquel (20 April ). "Crítica de Veneciafrenia, la película de Álex de la Iglesia que inaugura la antología The Fear Collection". HobbyConsolas.

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