The Haunting (2009 film)

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The Haunting
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SpanishNO-DO
Directed by Elio Quiroga
Written byElio Quiroga
Produced byElio Quiroga
Starring
  • Ana Torrent
  • Francisco Boira
  • Héctor Colomé
  • Alfonsa Rosso
  • Miriam Cepa
  • Rocío Muñoz
  • Paco Casares
CinematographyJuan Carlos Gómez
Edited byLuis Sánchez-Gijón
Music byAlfons Conde
Production
company
Eqlipse Producciones Cinematográficas S.L.
Distributed byEuroVideo
Release dates
  • March 2009 (2009-03)(Las Palmas)
  • 12 June 2009 (2009-06-12)(Spain)
Running time
94 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

The Haunting or The Beckoning (Spanish: NO-DO) is a Spanish supernatural mystery horror film written and directed by Elio Quiroga which stars Ana Torrent.

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Plot

The plot follows the plight of Francesca, a pediatrician coping with the sudden death of her baby who moves to a countryside manor with her husband Pedro to seek solace and recovery from her trauma. [1] [2] Once there, she starts to experience disturbing supernatural phenomena instead. The supernatural mystery is connected to the existence of a B-side of "secret" NO-DO newsreels commissioned by the Francoist regime (and hidden by the Catholic Church) recording every miraculous development in Spain and which ended up stumbling upon some dark gods. [3] [4] [2]

Cast

Production

An Eqlipse Producciones Cinematográficas production, [2] the film had the financial support from Canarias Cultura en Red and the collaboration of TVE, ICAA, Cabildo de Gran Canaria and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival. [5]

Release

The film was presented in March 2009 at Las Palmas Film Festival. [6] It was theatrically released in Spain on 12 June 2009. [4]

Reception

The review in Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be an "appreciable" new wrinkle to the cinema of Arrebato , Buñuel's catholic anti-clericalism and Don Coscarelli's plot twists, also highlighting the performance by Torrent. [1]

The review in El Mundo rated the film 2 out of 5 stars, writing about a film full of flaws, generally attributable to the screenplay and, above all, to the budget shortcomings, otherwise featuring an "uneven but very entertaining story" and positively highlighting the insertion of a chapter with historical plausibility within a traditional horror story. [7]

Jordi Costa  [ es ] of El País considered that even if there are some predictable twists and a few missteps and the film suffers from budgetary constraints, "this story of martyrs and monstrous gods" "deserves to find its audience". [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "No-Do. Para verdaderos fans del fantastique nacional". Fotogramas . 10 June 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 "No-Do". premiosgoya.com . Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España . Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  3. 1 2 Costa, Jordi (12 June 2009). "Noticias desde el subsuelo". El País .
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rueda, Luis (17 June 2009). "NO-DO, los fantasmas de El Pardo". La República Cultural.
  5. ↑ "El 'No-Do' de Elio Quiroga llega a Los Angeles". La Provincia . Prensa Ibérica. 17 September 2009.
  6. ↑ Jansa, Mercedes (9 March 2009). "El director Elio Quiroga descubre imágenes secretas del NO-DO". El Periódico de Catalunya .
  7. ↑ A.B. (16 June 2009). "Secretos paranormales". Metrópoli– via El Mundo.
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