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It follows little Emma on her journey to learn how to communicate with the spirit of a Uxoa girl who has been trapped in a hermitage for centuries, so she tries to convince Carol, a skeptical medium, to help her… Suspenseful, terrifying, melancholic, suffocating fantasy a thriller with hints of a ghost story. A supernatural thriller full of terrible acts, strong, chills and a lot of horrors; However, some confusing and inexplicable reasons for some ghostly events are never well explained. The film depicts a fictional story of a social reality affecting a small town. It begins with an apparent historical prologue involving a plague, a chapel where the sick were imprisoned and a regiment of bird people, but it turns out to be a festive recreation of a small town’s annual festival, when the chapel, which is believed to be her, is haunted.
A tense, mysterious film, full of emotion, suspense, chills, red herrings, scary twists
It follows the child Emma (Maia Zaitegi) on her journey to learn to communicate with the spirit of a Uxoa girl who has been locked away in a hermitage for centuries, so she tries to convince Carol (Belén Rueda), a skeptical and fake medium, to help her. She is literally scarred from a childhood when, perhaps, her real middle mother seemed more interested in the spirit of a local little girl than her own daughter. It is an acceptable and acceptable film, with a number of not always sympathetic, deeply human and relatable protagonists. . This is a scary film that contains disturbing horror and an ominous atmosphere when threatening creatures appear.
He deflates as the shots come in, preventing us from talking about gems like 'Cerdita'
Step by step, the secret begins to reveal itself until the surprising ending, resulting in a sentimental ghost story with a serious, disturbing nuance, in the style of The Orphanage or Pan’s Labyrinth, but with its own distinctly feminine accent. It is an attractive drama whose interest decreases as the actual excess of its tiresome accumulation of supposedly terrifying elements increases. While ¨Cerdita¨ focuses on pure terror in ¨La Ermita¨, there are a few things that confirm Pereda as a key figure in the contemporary horror and fantasy genre. One of them is his frontal entry into genre cinema: without hesitation he bets on fantasy and adds personal drama. Despite this, Peredo manages to make a film that is more than decent, but worse than the previous one.
la colmena (The Spirit of the Hive)
Pereda has a strong feel for the gothic, savoring elements of Spanish horror without actually making a horror film. It turns out to be an adequate and decent, but not outstanding, film. Starring Belén Rueda, who gives an excellent acting performance in her usual style, is a master of mystery and horror films such as: Julia’s Eyes, The Orphanage, No dormirás, Durante la tormenta, Pakt, Orbita 9 and Telo. In fact, Belén Rueda is the closest thing Spain has to a horror heroine or «Scream Queen», a good match for the wonderful Maia Zaitegi, who evokes a young Ana Torrent in Cria Cuervos or El espiritu de. The film was professionally directed by Carlota Pereda, who is clearly a talented writer and director.
As a female drama with similar genre tones, this is the second solid showcase of Pereda’s talent
Won 2023: Sitges Film Festival: Official Feature Film Section (out of competition) and 2023: Goya Awards (Spain): Nomination for Best Special Effects. Her first film was the much better ¨Cerdita¨, based on Carlota Peredova’s own Goya winner for Best Short Film of the same name, Goya winner in 2018 for Best Short Film and starring Laura Galán. Rating: 5.5/10.
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