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2024 film
A Whale
SpanishUna ballena
Directed byPablo Hernando
Screenplay byPablo Hernando
Starring
CinematographySara Gallego
Edited byPablo Hernando
Production
companies
  • Señor y Señora
  • Sayaka Producciones
  • Orisa Produzioni
Distributed byElastica Films
Release dates
  • 10 October 2024 (2024-10-10) (Sitges)
  • 2025 (2025) (Spain)
Countries
  • Spain
  • Italy
LanguageSpanish

A Whale (Spanish: Una ballena) is a 2024 neo-noir fantasy thriller film directed by Pablo Hernando [es] starring Ingrid García-Jonsson.

Plot

The plot follows Ingrid, a contract killer who draws her power to vanish without a trace from another world inhabited by monsters.

Cast

Production

In the view of Hernando the film is "first and foremost" "the story of a contract killer in a world of smugglers and mobsters", linking it to Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samouraï. García-Jonsson cited instead Nicolas Winding Refn's filmography and Under the Skin as references.

The film was produced by Señor y Señora, Sayaka Producciones, and Orisa Produzioni. Shooting locations in Biscay included the artificial island of Zorrotzaurre. Upon wrapping shooting, Hernando reported that the project was going to enter a long post-production because of the profusion of VFX.

Release

The film was presented at the 57th Sitges Film Festival on 10 October 2024. Distributed by Elastica, it is expected to receive a theatrical release in Spain in 2025.

Reception

Júlia Olmo of Cineuropa described A Whale as "a cross between film noir, science fiction and cosmic horror", lauding it as "a film as cryptic as it is beautiful, and at times hypnotic".

See also

References

  1. Atutxa, Sandra (13 March 2023). "'Una ballena', la nueva película del director vasco Pablo Hernando, se rueda en Bizkaia". Deia.
  2. Lang, Jamie (3 December 2024). "Latido Deals Top Indie Titles 'They Will Be Dust', 'A Whale', 'Night Silence', 'Raqqa: Spy vs. Spy' and 'Justicia Artificial' in Key Territories". Variety.
  3. ^ Belategui, Oskar (9 May 2023). "Una asesina a sueldo en Zorrozaurre". El Correo. Grupo Vocento.
  4. ^ Lana, Nagore (10 October 2024). "El cine vitoriano conquista Sitges con asesinas a sueldo". Gasteiz Hoy.
  5. González, Carlos (21 August 2023). "'Una ballena' de Pablo Hernando, ya está en plena postproducción". Noticias de Álava.
  6. "Pablo Hernando mezcla cine negro y fantasía en 'Una ballena' en el Festival de Sitges". La Vanguardia. 10 October 2024.
  7. González, Carlos (17 July 2024). "El vitoriano Pablo Hernando estrenará 'Una ballena' en el Festival de Sitges". Noticias de Álava.
  8. Fernández, Harri X. (21 December 2024). "Estrenos de cine vasco en 2025: las producciones más esperadas". Noticias de Gipuzkoa.
  9. Olmo, Júlia (10 October 2024). "Review: A Whale". Cineuropa.
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