April reaches its halfway point and with it some of the best releases not only of the month, but of the year. After a few last weeks of proposals of lesser significance but equally interesting, this week we finally found some titles with expectations of filling the theaters. Because of the stars that appear in them, because they are endorsed by great filmmakers, because they are in a unique format or because they deal with current topics. For all this and much more, we tell you which are the big premieres to keep in mind for this week.
From civil war, the new movie Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation) and with Kirsten Dunst either Jesse Plemnonsto proposals as groundbreaking as The Chimera by Alice Rohrwacher, there are great titles to rescue this week. Also Spanish films, such as Dragon Guardianor horror films endorsed by the directors of the latest installments of scream. Genres of all kinds and for all audiences to enjoy starting this Friday.
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The main course to start is none other than one of the most anticipated films of the year. Not only because of the director behind her, Alex Garlandwho had just crashed with his last film (Menu) but which had become a reference in science fiction for Ex Machina, Annihilation or even the series Devs.
It is because it has raised great expectations in the United States, since the film presents a dystopian future but not so far from our reality, since it presents two sides in a polarized United States. With Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Wagner Moura either Cailee Spaeny among others, it is destined to be a film that gives a lot to talk about.
Speaking of directors who needed a new project, with the next film we find a similar story. After making the last two installments of the saga scream and the acclaimed Wedding nightthe duo formed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett embarked on a new proposal with Abigail, a horror film about a young dancer who is kidnapped by criminals to demand a ransom. However, during the night they will discover that nothing is what it seems and that the task of watching over this girl could cost them their lives.
Together with the directors of scream is also Melissa Barrera, until then the protagonist of the saga from which she was expelled for making some controversial comments about the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Knowing the directors and knowing this situation, it would not be surprising if there were the odd nod to the iconic horror saga.
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The novel on which it is based caused a great commotion with its publication in France, reopening a great debate around sexual consent and getting many people to open up about their own experiences. Now that story comes to the big screen with the aim of doing the same, at a time when the debate around consent is very topical in cinema.
We talk about The consent, the novel of Vanessa Springora and that now adapts Vanessa Filho (Angel Face) with this story as personal as what happened to the author. In the film, Vanessa is thirteen years old when she meets Gabriel Matzneff, a renowned fifty-year-old writer who seduces her and whose lover she becomes. Over time Vanessa will realize the manipulation she has suffered and the suffering and pain that she camouflaged with the illusory idea of love.
This week’s Spanish accent puts it Salvador Simó (Buñuel in the turtle labyrinth), but also with a Chinese touch because it is a great co-production with the Asian. Is about Guardian of dragons (Dragonkeeper), one of the most ambitious proposals in the history of Spanish animation and that promises to bring us an epic story full of dragons and intrepid young women.
In a fantastic imperial China, dragons have gone from being friends of man to being persecuted and locked in terrible dungeons. A little girl helps the last living dragon escape, and she and him embark on a great adventure to rescue the only dragon egg left in the world, the only one that could extend the lineage of such legendary creatures.
Last but not least, we find one of the most original proposals in a long time. Is about The Chimerathe new film by the Italian director Alice Rohrwacherauthor of films as unique as Wonderland either Happy Lazzaro. Known for the aura of magical realism that surrounds her films, Rohrwacher passed through Barcelona a few days ago to present the film and now it is coming to theaters to make the rest of the viewers enjoy it.
In The Chimera we are told the story of Arthur (Josh O’Connor)a young anthropologist with a past linked to Italy, who arrives in a small town to reunite with the tumbaroli, a group of tomb robbers who are dedicated to looting the coffins of ancient Etruscans and reselling the pieces on the black market. Arthur has a special gift that distinguishes him from the rest and that makes him indispensable when it comes to looting tombs: as if it were a dowser, he can detect tombs from several meters away.
