2023-08-03 11:05:04
For lovers of the sea, and the depths of the sea, it arrives in theaters this August 4 the terrifying ‘Megalodon 2: The Pit’the shark with the biggest mouth imaginable, which serves very well to be able to laugh out loud with the new comedy by Joaquín Mazón, ‘From Lost to Rio’.
‘De perdidos a Río’: this dead man is very much alive… in Brazil
Pedro, Kiko and David, three friends in their late thirties, They travel to Rio de Janeiro to pick up the lifeless body of Mateo, their best friend from high school., who has died under strange circumstances. But upon arriving in Brazil, nothing is what it seems: Mateo, “the dead one”, has fled, his house is turned upside down and one of his ex-girlfriends is desperately looking for him.
Directed by Joaquín Mazón, responsible for series such as ‘Doctor Mateo’ o ‘Down there’and with a script by Antonio Mercero, Juana Macías and Daniel Corpas, the film has an exceptional cast of Spanish comedians: Pablo Chiapella, Carlos Santos, Kira Miró, Carlos Areces, Jorge Cremades, Esther Acebo and Fran Perea, among them.
‘Megalodon 2’: teeth, teeth
‘Megalodon 2: The Pit’ hits theaters this August 4 with Jason Statham y Cliff Curtis repeating their roles from ‘Megalodon’ (2018), predecessor of this with more than 530 million dollars at the box officeto which are added the Chinese icon of global action Wu Jing and another Spanish symbol of power, Sergio Peris-Mencheta (“Captain Thunder”).
Directed by Ben Wheatley, this sequel tells how Jonas Taylor’s investigative team starts a mission to explore the depths of the sea. But their journey turns into chaos when a mining operative threatens their mission and they find themselves pitted against colossal megalodons in a heart-pounding race against time.
‘We are all Jane’ revives the group that helped to abort in the 60s
Directed by Phyllis Nagy (the same director of ‘Carol’, 2015), the film, which was successfully screened at Sundance and the Berlinale, is based on the true events related to the Jane Collective, which performed thousands of abortions over a four-year period thanks to his covert mobilization.
Elizabeth Banks interpreta a Joya housewife who leads a normal life but, when she becomes pregnant without wanting it and with a mortal risk to her life, no one wants to help her at a time when you can’t legally have an abortion. Only an underground women’s organization, led by Virginia (Sigourney Weaver), offers her a safe and life-changing exit.
‘The school of magical animals 2: the origin’: the musical
Sven Unterwaldt Jr. directs this sequel to ‘The School of Magical Animals’ (2021), family franchise turned into an unprecedented success in German-speaking countries, with children and parents devoted to adventures of this group of students from a particular school where the teachers are magicians.
Like the previous one, ‘The School of Magical Animals 2: The Origin’ is based on the novels by German bestselling writer Margit Aueron this occasion, with the students determined to make a musical for the anniversary of the school.
‘Someday we will tell each other everything’, but let no one know
The German-French director Emily Atef, who still has her existential drama ‘More than ever’ on the billboard, premieres this week in Spain her torrid and uncomfortable version of the novel by Daniela Krien (bestselling author and Junger Literaturpreis award), ‘Someday we we will tell everything.
Set on the defunct German border in the summer of 1990, the film follows Maria (Marlene Burow), a 19-year-old reader and dreamer who lives on loan on a former farm owned by her boyfriend’s parents in East Germany, and how his life changes the day an unruly sexual drive leads him to his neighbor Henner’s bed (Felix Kramer), twenty years older than her.
‘A question of honor’: mourning, recognition and dignity
Directed by Rachid Hami, author of the acclaimed ‘La mélodie’ (2017), ‘A Question of Honor’ delves into a personal and moving story about a grieving family in search of honor and recognitionwhich deals above all with the struggle for dignity.
Shaïn Boumedine is Aïssa, a young officer who tragically loses his life during a new initiation ritual at the prestigious French military academy of Saint Cyr. But the army refuses to take responsibility and his rebellious older brother, Ismaël (Karim Leklou), will seek justice while he tries to keep his family together.
‘The Terracotta Kingdom’, the world’s first Chinese ancient-style animation
Leon Ding directs this particular animated film, which has been acclaimed around the world for being considered one of the best Chinese animation productions of recent years. The central element of the film is the Terracotta Warriors, considered the eighth wonder of the world, through which the Fatanwild studio brings traditional Chinese culture to life.
The movie takes place in a magical and underground world, where terracotta warriors come to life and enchanted creatures lurk around every corner. Magnus, a dreamy young man who longs to become a brave warrior, embarks on an adventure that leads him to meet Jade, an enigmatic traveling companion.
‘Apaches’, the ‘Peaky Blinders’ of the Parisian belle époque on Filmin
After participating in the XIII edition of the Atlàntida FilmFest, Filmin is launching on its platform this Friday the French film ‘Apaches’, the second feature film by Romain Quirot (‘The Last Day on Earth’, 2020).
Set at the beginning of the 20th century during the ‘Belle Époque’ in Paris, ‘Apaches’ recounts the adventures of a gang of criminals that sows terror from Montmarte to Belleville. The gang is joined by Billie, a young woman eager to avenge the death of her brother, who the closer she gets to the man she wants to eliminate, the more fascinated she becomes by him. In the cast, Rossy de Palma.
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