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Manticore
SpanishMantícora
Directed byCarlos Vermut
Written byCarlos Vermut
Starring
CinematographyAlana Mejía González
Edited byEmma Tusell
Music byDamián Schwartz
Production
companies
  • Aquí y Allí Films
  • BTeam Producciones
Distributed byBTeam Pictures
Release dates
  • 13 September 2022 (2022-09-13) (Toronto)
  • 9 December 2022 (2022-12-09) (Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Manticore (Spanish: Mantícora) is 2022 psychological drama thriller film directed and written by Carlos Vermut which stars Nacho Sánchez and Zoe Stein.

Plot

Billed by Vermut as "a story about love and monsters in modern times", the plot concerns about the relation between Julián, a video game designer (and a "heinous monster" in need to love and be loved) tortured by a grim secret, and Diana.[1][2]

Cast

Production

The screenplay was penned by Carlos Vermut.[6] The project was motivated as an adaptation of classic werewolf films, upon the premise that they originally sought to depict "humans managing forbidden sexual desires", with the fiction thereby approaching the theme of pedophilia as a curse, likewise portraying ways about how a pedophile may try to "cheat" on that forbidden desire with proxies (such as VR) in current-day society.[7] Alana Mejía González took over cinematography duties for the first time in a feature film.[2] The film was produced by Aquí y Allí Films and Bteam Prods, with the participation of TV3 and Movistar+.[8] Filming began on 27 May 2021 in Madrid.[9][10] It had already wrapped in July 2021.[2]

Release

The film was slated to make its world premiere at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival on 13 September 2022,[11] screened within the 'Contemporary World Cinema' selection.[12][13] It will later have its US premiere at the Austin-based Fantastic Fest.[14] It also made it to the slate of the 66th BFI London Film Festival and the 55th Sitges Film Festival,[8][15] as well as the 35th Tokyo International Film Festival (for its Asian premiere).[5][16] Distributed by BTeam Pictures,[9] it was set for a 4 November 2022 theatrical release date in Spain,[17] and then re-scheduled to 9 December 2022.[18] Film Factory handles the international sales elsewhere.[8]

Reception

Shelagh Rowan-Legg of ScreenAnarchy deemed Manticore to be "brutal, unflinching, precise, and sensitive", cannot helping to be "equal parts horrified and mesmerized" with the story.[19]

Alfonso Rivera of Cineuropa pointed out that, possible objections by some viewers about an "amoral or scandalous" nature notwithstanding, the story manages to address the issue of "the need for affection that we all have", wondering if this is "the most brilliantly contrived and terrible love story in cinema today".[20]

Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas rated the film with 75 out of 100 points ("good"), writing that Vermut delivers "a disconcerting film at times, suffocating at others, in which you never know what might happen and you are permanently on guard" as well as highlighting a "very intelligent" mise-en-scène that helps to "demonstrate that it is not necessary to be excessively explicit in order to enter into the most obsessive, deep and disconcerting corners of people".[21]

Daniel de Partearroyo of Cinemanía considered the "disturbing masterpiece" to be a "a hair-raising character study grappling with taboo and horror at the blackness before one's own soul", as well as Vermut's "most polished and daring film to date".[22]

Wendy Ide of ScreenDaily underscored the film to be "a provocative and intelligently handled picture which explores the impact of isolation and social dislocation on a troubled soul".[5]

Accolades

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2022 28th Forqué Awards Best Film Actor Nacho Sánchez Pending [23]
2023 10th Feroz Awards Best Main Actor in a Film Nacho Sánchez Pending [24]
Best Film Poster Carlos Vermut Pending
Best Trailer Miguel Ángel Trudu Pending
37th Goya Awards Best Director Carlos Vermut Pending [25]
Best Original Screenplay Pending
Best Actor Nacho Sánchez Pending
Best New Actress Zoe Stein Pending

See also

References

  1. ^ Silvestre, Juan (14 July 2021). "'Mantícora': Primeras imágenes de la nueva película de Carlos Vermut". Fotogramas.
  2. ^ a b c Pina, Begoña (31 July 2021). "'Mantícora', el sufrimiento de un hombre-monstruo". Público.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "El monstruo anda suelto". Fotogramas. 74 (2134): 44. August 2021. ISSN 1889-9706.
  4. ^ a b c ""Pacifiction", "Historias para no contar" i Mantícora", al TIFF". TV3. 13 September 2022 – via Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.
  5. ^ a b c Ide, Wendy (25 October 2022). "'Manticore': Tokyo Review". ScreenDaily.
  6. ^ Boquerini (7 June 2021). "'Mantícora': Amor y monstruos en tiempos modernos". El Correo.
  7. ^ "WIP. Abycine Lanza. Catálogo profesional. 21–24 Oct 2021" (PDF). Abycine. 2021. pp. 64–65. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  8. ^ a b c "'Mantícora': póster y fecha de estreno de la nueva película de Carlos Vermut". Cinemanía. 19 August 2022 – via 20minutos.es.
  9. ^ a b Rivera, Alfonso (3 June 2021). "Carlos Vermut shooting Mantícora". Cineuropa.
  10. ^ "Arranca el rodaje de "Mantícora", la nueva película de Carlos Vermut". Cadena COPE. 27 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Jane Fonda estrena en Toronto "Movin On" con su eterna amiga Lily Tomlin". Infobae. 13 September 2022.
  12. ^ González, David (17 August 2022). "Toronto announces TIFF Docs and Contemporary World Cinema titles". Cineuropa.
  13. ^ Carey, Matthew (17 August 2022). "TIFF Announces Doc Lineup Including World Premiere Of 'In Her Hands' From EPs Hillary & Chelsea Clinton; World Cinema Slate Also Set". deadline.com.
  14. ^ Zilko, Christian (16 August 2022). "Fantastic Fest Headlined by 'Bones and All,' 'Triangle of Sadness,' and a Park Chan-wook Tribute". IndieWire. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  15. ^ Tabbara, Mona (1 September 2022). "BFI London Film Festival 2022 unveils full line-up". ScreenDaily.
  16. ^ Noh, Jean (21 September 2022). "Tokyo International Film Festival unveils line-up for first full-scale physical edition in three years". ScreenDaily.
  17. ^ Ortiz, Braulio (15 August 2022). "El cine español que viene: tratado sobre la diversidad". Diario de Sevilla.
  18. ^ Rosado, Ricardo (7 October 2022). "'Mantícora', de Carlos Vermut, hace enmudecer al curtido público de Sitges".
  19. ^ Rowan-Legg, Shelagh (17 September 2022). "Toronto 2022: Manticore, The Brutality of Aching Loneliness". ScreenAnarchy.
  20. ^ Rivera, Alfonso (16 September 2022). "Review: Manticore". Cineuropa.
  21. ^ Hernández Luján, Raquel (9 October 2022). "Crítica de Mantícora, una inteligente, afilada y perturbadora película de Carlos Vermut". HobbyConsolas.
  22. ^ Partearroyo, Daniel de (8 October 2022). "Sitges 2022 | 'Mantícora': encontrarás monstruos en la turbadora obra maestra de Carlos Vermut". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  23. ^ "Alcarràs', 'Cinco lobitos', 'As bestas' y 'Modelo 77', finalistas en los Premios Forqué". rtve.es. 7 November 2022.
  24. ^ "'La Ruta' y 'As bestas', entre las favoritas de los Premios Feroz 2023: consulta la lista de nominados". ¡Hola!. 24 November 2022.
  25. ^ "'As bestas' es la favorita de los Premios Goya del relevo generacional: listado de nominaciones". Cinemanía. 1 December 2022 – via 20minutos.es.
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