Dismantling an Elephant

Dismantling an Elephant
Theatrical release poster
SpanishDesmontando un elefante
Directed byAitor Echeverría
Screenplay by
  • Aitor Echeverría
  • Pep Garrido
Produced by
  • Ibon Cormenzana
  • Ignasi Estapé
  • Sandra Tapia Díaz
  • Ángel Durández
Starring
CinematographyPau Castejón
Edited bySofi Escudé
Production
companies
  • Arcadia Motion Pictures
  • Pegaso Pictures AIE
  • Noodles Production
Distributed byFilmax (es)
Release dates
  • 9 November 2024 (2024-11-09) (Seville)
  • 10 January 2025 (2025-01-10) (Spain)
Countries
  • Spain
  • France
LanguageSpanish

Dismantling an Elephant (Spanish: Desmontando un elefante)[1] is a 2024 drama film directed by Aitor Echeverría starring Emma Suárez and Natalia de Molina alongside Darío Grandinetti and Alba Guilera.


Plot

Recovering alcoholic architect Marga returns home after a spell in a detox centre, upending her younger daughter Blanca's career aspirations as a professional dancer.[2]

Cast

Production

The film was produced by Arcadia Motion Pictures alongside Pegaso Pictures AIE and Noodles Production.[3] Shooting began in Barcelona on 26 May 2023.[4]

Release

The film premiered at the 21st Seville European Film Festival on 9 November 2024.[5] It also made it to the 'Panorama' strand of the 39th Mar del Plata International Film Festival.[6] Distributed by Filmax, it is scheduled to be released theatrically in Spain on 10 January 2025.[6]

Reception

Alfonso Rivera of Cineuropa wrote that Echeverría opted for "a cold, collected, elegant and distant form of mise-en-scène".[3]

Accolades

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2025
 4th Carmen Awards Best Actress Natalia de Molina Pending [7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Desmontando un elefante". mardelplatafilmfest.com. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e "RTVE.es estrena el tráiler de 'Desmontando un elefante', con Emma Suárez y Natalia de Molina". rtve.es. 28 October 2024.
  3. ^ a b Rivera, Alfonso (19 November 2024). "Review: Dismantling an Elephant". Cineuropa.
  4. ^ "Desmontando un elefante". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. 29 May 2023.
  5. ^ Saavedra, David (9 November 2024). ""Estoy acostumbrada a vivir al día, a no saber si voy a trabajar dentro de dos meses"". El Correo de Andalucía.
  6. ^ a b "Desmontando un elefante se estrenará el 10 de enero tras su premio en Sevilla". Andalucía Información. 19 November 2024.
  7. ^ "'Solos en la noche', con 15 nominaciones, y 'Rita', con 14, encabezan los IV Premios Carmen del Cine Andaluz". Europa Press. 19 December 2024.