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A Whale (film)

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2024 film
A Whale
Theatrical release poster
SpanishUna ballena
Directed byPablo Hernando Esquisabel
Screenplay byPablo Hernando Esquisabel
Produced byLeire Apellaniz
Starring
CinematographySara Gallego Grau
Edited byPablo Hernando Esquisabel
Production
companies
  • Señor y Señora
  • Sayaka Producciones
  • Orisa Produzioni
Distributed byElastica Films
Release dates
  • 10 October 2024 (2024年10月10日) (Sitges)
  • 28 March 2025 (2025年03月28日) (Spain)
Countries
  • Spain
  • Italy
LanguageSpanish

A Whale (Spanish: Una ballena) is a 2024 neo-noir fantasy thriller film written and directed by Pablo Hernando  [es]. It stars Ingrid García-Jonsson and Ramón Barea.

Plot

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The plot follows Ingrid, a contract killer who draws her power to vanish without a trace from another world inhabited by monsters.[1] [2]

Cast

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Production

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In the view of Hernando the film is "first and foremost" "the story of a contract killer in a world of smugglers and mobsters", linking it to Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samouraï .[4] García-Jonsson cited instead Nicolas Winding Refn's filmography and Under the Skin as references.[4]

The film was produced by Señor y Señora, Sayaka Producciones, and Orisa Produzioni.[5] Shooting locations in Biscay included the artificial island of Zorrotzaurre.[4] Upon wrapping shooting, Hernando reported that the project was going to enter a long post-production because of the profusion of VFX.[6]

Release

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The film was presented at the 57th Sitges Film Festival on 10 October 2024.[7] Distributed by Elastica,[5] [8] it is expected to receive a theatrical release in Spain on 28 March 2025.[9] [10]

Reception

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Júlia Olmo of Cineuropa described A Whale as "a cross between film noir, science fiction and cosmic horror", lauding it as "a film as cryptic as it is beautiful, and at times hypnotic".[11]

Desirée de Fez  [es] of El Periódico de Catalunya rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, writing that it is "visually stunning".[12]

Antonio Trashorras of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, highlighting its "hypnotic sound and musical design" as the best thing about it.[13]

Miguel Ángel Romero of Cinemanía rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, declaring it "pure visual poetry".[14]

Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas gave the film 80 points ('very good'), singling out Sara Gallego's cinematography as the film's best.[15]

Javier Ocaña of El País considered that despite faring better in some aspects than in others, the film "is almost always suggestive thanks to its uniqueness", primarily underpinned by the "dry and sententious" dialogues and the "icy and desolate" atmospheres.[16]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Atutxa, Sandra (13 March 2023). "'Una ballena', la nueva película del director vasco Pablo Hernando, se rueda en Bizkaia". Deia .
  2. ^ Lang, Jamie (3 December 2024). "Latido Deals Top Indie Titles 'They Will Be Dust', 'A Whale', 'Night Silence', 'Raqqa: Spy vs. Spy' and 'Justicia Artificial' in Key Territories". Variety .
  3. ^ a b c d e f Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (24 March 2025). "Los estrenos del 28 de marzo. 'Una ballena'. Asesina rondando". Aisge.
  4. ^ a b c d Belategui, Oskar (9 May 2023). "Una asesina a sueldo en Zorrozaurre". El Correo . Grupo Vocento.
  5. ^ a b Lana, Nagore (10 October 2024). "El cine vitoriano conquista Sitges con asesinas a sueldo". Gasteiz Hoy.
  6. ^ González, Carlos (21 August 2023). "'Una ballena' de Pablo Hernando, ya está en plena postproducción". Noticias de Álava.
  7. ^ "Pablo Hernando mezcla cine negro y fantasía en 'Una ballena' en el Festival de Sitges". La Vanguardia . 10 October 2024.
  8. ^ González, Carlos (17 July 2024). "El vitoriano Pablo Hernando estrenará 'Una ballena' en el Festival de Sitges". Noticias de Álava.
  9. ^ Fernández, Harri X. (21 December 2024). "Estrenos de cine vasco en 2025: las producciones más esperadas". Noticias de Gipuzkoa.
  10. ^ Sánchez Sequera, Marco (3 January 2025). "El cine español que se estrenará en 2025". Audiovisual451.
  11. ^ Olmo, Júlia (10 October 2024). "Review: A Whale". Cineuropa .
  12. ^ Fez, Desirée de (27 March 2025). "Crítica de 'Una ballena': representar el misterio con un ejercicio visualmente espectacular". El Periódico de Catalunya . Prensa Ibérica.
  13. ^ Trashorras, Antonio (28 March 2025). "Crítica de 'Una ballena', insólito thriller que sumerge al cine español en lo fantástico: "Genuina inmersión sensorial"". Fotogramas .
  14. ^ Romero, Miguel Ángel (26 March 2025). "Crítica de 'Una ballena': una historia de narcotraficantes en el norte de España que es pura poesía visual". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  15. ^ Hernández Luján, Raquel (27 March 2025). "Crítica de Una ballena, una inmersión en el género fantástico críptica y fascinante". HobbyConsolas .
  16. ^ Ocaña, Javier (28 March 2025). "'Una ballena': un atractivo filme español de cine negro con ramalazos de fantasía". El País .

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