Animal (2018 film)

Animal
Animal original poster
Directed byArmando Bó II
Written byNicolas Giacobone
Produced byRebolucion and MyS Producción
StarringGuillermo Francella
Carla Peterson
CinematographyJavier Julia
Edited byPablo Barbieri
Music byPedro Oneto
Distributed byGrupo Telefe
Buena Vista Internacional
Release date
  • 24 May 2018 (2018-05-24)
Running time
113 minutes
CountriesArgentina
Spain
LanguageSpanish
Budget1 000 000 USD
Box office1 955 255 USD[1]

Animal is a 2018 Argentine-Spanish drama thriller film directed by Armando Bó II, starring Guillermo Francella and Carla Peterson.[2][3] Animal was partially funded by Argentina's National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA).[4]

Plot

Antonio Decoud, a family man and manager of a meat processing plant, lives a wealthy life in an upper-class neighborhood in Mar del Plata. His polite lifestyle is shaken by an unexpected illness. Decoud will be forced to fight on unknown ground in order to find an organ donor. Meanwhile, Elías Montero and his pregnant wife Lucy Villar, a homeless couple, see an opportuniy to change their lives by extorting money from Decoud.

Cast

Reception

Ezequiel Boetti from Otros Cines says that Bo made an essay on cruelty, selfishness, contempt and class conflict.[3] Ambito Financiero's Paraná Sendrós praises Francella's characterization of Decoud, and describes the movie as a satire on the fragile nature of relationships and fortune.[5] Gaspar Zimerman from Clarín compares Animal with Cape Fear, as both films are "fictional experiments" that confront a scared bourgeois with an out-of-control underclass.[6] Tobias Dunschen from Critique Film observes the lack of a dramatic counterweight to the flashy treatment of Decoud's frenzied search for a life-saving organ.[7] The Spanish critic Arantxa Acosta, from La Realidad no Existe, called the film "terrifying" because it inspires empathy for the two antagonists, Decoud and Montero, no matter how low they can fall.[8]

Accolades

Animal competed[9] in the following film festivals:

References

  1. ^ "Box office "Animal"". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  2. ^ Clarín.com (2018-03-29). "El trailer de 'Animal', la nueva película de Armando Bo con Guillermo Francella". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  3. ^ a b Boetti, Ezequiel (22 May 2018). "Crítica de "Animal", de Armando Bo, con Guillermo Francella y Carla Peterson". otroscines.com (in Spanish).
  4. ^ "Animal". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  5. ^ Sendrós, Paraná (25 May 2018). "Francella, en otra admirable labor". www.ambito.com. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  6. ^ "Crítica de "Animal": Nada peor que un burgués asustado". www.clarin.com. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  7. ^ a b Dunschen, Tobias (2018-10-17). "La Roche-sur-Yon 2018 : Animal (Armando Bo)". Critique Film (in French). Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  8. ^ Acosta, Arantxa (2018-10-11). "Sitges 2018". La Realidad No Existe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  9. ^ "Animal (2018) Awards & Festivals". mubi.com. Retrieved 2023-01-08.