The Goya Murders (Spanish: El asesino de los caprichos) is a 2019 Spanish-Belgian crime thriller film directed by Gerardo Herrero and written by Ángela Armero which stars Maribel Verdú and Aura Garrido alongside Roberto Álamo, Ginés García-Millán, Daniel Grao and Ruth Gabriel.
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| Spanish | El asesino de los caprichos |
| Directed by | Gerardo Herrero |
| Screenplay by | Ángela Armero |
| Produced by | Gerardo Herrero |
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| Cinematography | David Omedes |
| Edited by | Teresa Font |
| Music by | Vanessa Garde |
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| Distributed by | A Contracorriente Films |
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| Language | Spanish |
Plot
editA couple of police investigators with different backgrounds and antagonistic personalities (Carmen Cobos and Eva González) track a serial killer who starts to leave a trail of crime scenes mirroring the scenes from Francisco Goya's Los caprichos in Madrid.[1][2][3][4]
Cast
edit- Maribel Verdú as Carmen Cobos[5]
- Aura Garrido as Eva González[5]
- Roberto Álamo as Comisario Julián Vargas[5]
- Ginés García-Millán as Eduardo Gil[5]
- Daniel Grao as Adrián Iglesias[5]
- Ruth Gabriel as Alicia Márquez[5]
- Aitor Fernandino as Mateo[5]
- Oscar Pastor as Santos[5]
- Laura Cepeda as Ana Mendieta[5]
- Antonio Velázquez[3]
- Laurent D'Elia[3]
- Tamar Novas[6]
Production
editA Spanish-Belgian co-production, the film was produced by Tornasol and Los asesinatos de Goya AIE alongside Entre Chien et Loup, with the participation of RTVE and Movistar+ and support from ICAA and the Madrid and Navarra regional administrations.[7] It was shot in Madrid, Pamplona and Brussels.[8]
Release
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The film screened out of competition at the 52nd Sitges Film Festival in October 2019.[9][10] Distributed by A Contracorriente Films,[7] The Goya Murders was theatrically released in Spain on 18 October 2019.
Reception
editRaquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas scored 58 out of 100 points ("so-so"), considering that "its anticlimactic script squanders a visually appealing" premise, assessing the Verdú and Garrido duo to be the best thing about the film, while citing the focus on a personal debacle instead of the police subplot, the characters making stupid decisions and the "disappointing" ending as the worst elements about it.[4]
Mireia Mullor of Fotogramas rated the film 2 out of 5 stars, highlighting the tandem formed by Verdú and Garrido as the best thing about it, while resenting the inability to deliver "anything more than a cliché-filled thriller".[11]
Francisco Marinero of El Mundo's Metrópoli scored 2 out of 5 stars citing the presence of very skilled performers as a positive point, while pointing out at "a contrived plot with countless clichés of the genre" as a negative point.[12]
Janire Zurbano of Cinemanía gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, considering that it "is predictable from its approach to the composition of its characters", yet it manages to entertain, "while the talent of the Verdú-Garrido tandem does the rest".[13]
Javier Ocaña of El País underscored the film to be "entertaining, it has a good pace and some interesting points" yet, in addition to certain unevenness in the supporting performances, the result falls short because of the stereotypes and the plot predictability.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (15 October 2019). "Los estrenos del 18 de octubre. 'El asesino de los Caprichos'". Aisge.
- ^ a b Ocaña, Javier (18 October 2019). "Clase alta, clase media". El País.
- ^ a b c "Un relat previsible en un thriller rutinari". Regió7. 26 October 2019.
- ^ a b Hernández Luján, Raquel (17 October 2019). "Crítica de El asesino de los caprichos, con Maribel Verdú y Aura Garrido". HobbyConsolas.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "El asesino de los caprichos". Catálogo de Cinespañol. ICAA. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ "El cine español ahora se meterá en las casas de los venezolanos". eluniversal.com. 14 October 2020.
- ^ a b "'El Asesino de los Caprichos' – estreno en cines 18 de octubre". Audiovisual451. 17 October 2019.
- ^ Silvestre, Juan (18 July 2019). "Cartel, en primicia, de 'El asesino de los caprichos'". Fotogramas.
- ^ Guillem, Jordi (8 October 2019). "Maribel Verdú aterra a Sitges amb "El asesino de los caprichos"". Diari de Terrassa.
- ^ Pumares, Carlos (7 October 2019). "Goya en el Festival de Sitges". La Razón.
- ^ Mullor, Mirea (18 October 2019). "Crítica de 'El asesino de los caprichos'". Fotogramas.
- ^ Marinero, Francisco (17 October 2019). "El asesino de los caprichos: Admirador perverso". Metrópoli – via El Mundo.
- ^ "El asesino de los caprichos". Cinemanía. 14 October 2019 – via 20minutos.es.