The film 'Belfast', shot in black and white, is set at the end of the seventies and portrays how the young man's childhood dreams gradually fade away. It will influence the context of social discontent, which suddenly bursts into the conflict between Catholics and Protestants.
'La granny' 'La granny', the new horror film by Paco Plaza, is one of the contenders for the 2022 Goya Awards. Susana has to leave her life in Paris, where she works as a model, to return to Madrid because her grandmother , Pilar, has suffered a stroke. Years ago, when Susana's parents died, her grandmother raised her as if she were another daughter, and now she is forced to find someone to take care of her. But what should be only a few days with her granny ends up becoming a real nightmare. The film also competed at the San Sebastián Film Festival.
'Prisoners of Ghostland'
When Bernice disappears without a trace, her adoptive grandfather, a wealthy and well-connected gentleman known as 'The Governor', pulls a bank robber off the street and forces him to wear bomb-equipped leather gear. The thief will have five days to recover the girl or, on the contrary, he will suffer explosive consequences. The film by Japanese director Sion Sono and starring Nicolas Cage was part of the official section of the Sitges Festival 2021.'El pact' Directed by the Danish director Bille August, winner of the Oscar for 'Pelle the Conqueror', 'The pact' narrates the relationship between Karen Blinxen, author of the well-known novel 'Out of Africa' and the poet Thorkild Bjornvig. A story of perfection, obsession and desire based on the true story of the young writer. The film is released in Catalan.
'Look for me'Sophie is a blind young woman who works in a remote mansion and one day she is invaded by thieves who are looking for a hidden safe. The girl's only defense will be a new application called 'Look for me', which connects her with a volunteer from anywhere in the country that helps her survive by doing the job of looking after her. Sophie is connected to Kelly, an army veteran, and she will be forced to accept that if she wants to survive she will need as much help as possible. The film stars Skyler Davenport, an actress with a visual disability, and is also being released in Catalan.
'We are nothing' This Friday the documentary about La Polla Records, 'We are nothing', also hits the big screen. On the occasion of the farewell tour of the legendary band, the band's leader, Evaristo, recalls how it all began, at the Otxoa bar in Agurain (Álava). Along with his mother and his partner Abel Mura, the film explains the history of the group born in 1979.
'On a dock in Normandy' Marianne Winckler is a renowned author who decides to write a book about job insecurity and experience it first-hand. To do so, she hides her identity and gets a job cleaning in a town in Normandy, in the north of France, and discovers a life ignored by the rest of society in which every euro matters. Despite the harshness of her experience, Marianne will become aware of the importance of solidarity and friendship between her colleagues. What will happen to this trust when the truth comes out?
'Everything has gone well' After being presented at the Cannes and San Sebastián festivals, 'Everything has gone well', a French production with a black comedy tone, hits theaters. Emmanuèle, a novelist with a full private and professional life, rushes to the hospital when she learns that her father, André, has had a stroke. When he wakes up, weak and dependent, she asks her daughter to help him. All in all, the film invites the viewer to reflect on euthanasia and its accompaniment. 'Everything has gone well' is directed by the popular French director François Ozon and stars Sophie Marceau.
'Francisca'A new version of the classic by Portuguese filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira hits the big screen. The film, which this year celebrates 40 years since it premiered for the first time at the Cannes Film Festival, portrays an obsessive love story, based on a novel by Agustina Bessa-Luís. This restored version participated in the Venice Film Festival.
'Lansky'The film portrays the well-known gangster Meyer Lansky, who was investigated for decades by the FBI. During his withdrawal, Lansky hires a journalist with the aim of explaining his true story.
Pau Freixas' thriller premieres on Movistar + 'Everyone lies', the new Pau Freixas thriller produced by Movistar+ premieres on the Spanish platform this Friday, January 28. The six-episode series blends suspense and drama with humor with a plot lined with unpredictable characters who intersect. The cast of actors is very broad, with many familiar faces from the Catalan, state and Argentine scene: Irene Arcos, Lucas Nabor, Natalia Verbeke, Miren Ibarguren, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Juan Diego Botto, Ernesto Alterio, Eva Santolaria, Amaia Salamanca and Jorge Bosch. .
Movistar+ also premieres this week 'Attica' (January 27), a documentary about the 1971 prison riot of the same name in the United States, and the police drama starring Martin Freeman, 'The Responder', on January 31.
Amazon x-rays Diego Pablo Simeone The Amazon Prime Video platform premieres this January 26 its series about the former soccer player and coach of Atlético de Madrid Diego Pablo Simeone. The production radiographs the figure of the 'cholo' and his vision of football in a single-season docu-series format, after having followed the popular coach during the 2020-2021 season of the Spanish football league.
'Feria: The darkest light', on NetflixNetflix premieres on January 28 the new thriller by Jorge Dorado alongside the Catalan Carles Torrens 'Feria: The darkest light'. The production of the Catalan Filmax presents the story of two sisters from a small mountain town in Andalusia in the 90s, who discover (along with its inhabitants) that their father is a murderer accused of killing more than twenty people. The protagonists are Carla Campra and Ana Tomeno, but the cast also includes prominent names such as Patricia López Arnaiz and Marta Nieto, as well as the Catalan Ernest Villegas.
On the other hand, the platform premieres 'Soy Georgina' on January 27, a reality show on the platform starring the model and businesswoman Georgina Rodríguez, also known for being the partner of soccer player Crisiano Ronaldo.
Filmin documentary premiere on Manuel Campo Vidal'Manuel Campo Vidal: Passion for communication'. Filmin premiered on January 28 a documentary on the figure of Manuel Campo Vidal who covers half a century of journalism in the Spanish state. Vidal presided over the Spanish Television Academy between 2006 and 2018, directed television and radio news programs for various media, as well as other formats, and is also remembered for having moderated multiple electoral debates. The tape is directed by his own brother, Luis Campo Vidal.
'Hit Monkey' lands on Disney+ The Disney platform premieres in the State on January 26 the Marvel series 'Hit Monkey'. In this animated fiction, a Japanese red-faced monkey becomes 'the murderer of murderers' when he decides to take revenge on criminals from the Tokyo underworld, with the help of the ghost of an American hit man.
'The Fallout', on HBO MaxMegan Park's acclaimed debut, 'The Fallout', arrives exclusively on the HBO Max platform on January 27. It is the directorial debut for this writer and director, and features Jenna Ortega as a high school student who experiences emotional trauma after a shooting at her school.
