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2024 film
Dismantling an Elephant
Theatrical release poster
SpanishDesmontando un elefante
Directed byAitor Echeverría
Screenplay by
  • Aitor Echeverría
  • Pep Garrido
Produced by
  • Ibon Cormenzana
  • Ignasi Estapé
  • Sandra Tapia Díaz
  • Ángel Durández
Starring
CinematographyPau Castejón
Edited bySofi Escudé
Production
companies
  • Arcadia Motion Pictures
  • Pegaso Pictures AIE
  • Noodles Production
Distributed byFilmax (es)
Release dates
  • 9 November 2024 (2024-11-09) (Seville)
  • 10 January 2025 (2025-01-10) (Spain)
Countries
  • Spain
  • France
LanguageSpanish

Dismantling an Elephant (Spanish: Desmontando un elefante) is a 2024 drama film directed by Aitor Echeverría starring Emma Suárez and Natalia de Molina alongside Darío Grandinetti and Alba Guilera.


Plot

Recovering alcoholic architect Marga returns home after a spell in a detox centre, upending her younger daufhter Blanca's career aspirations as a professional dancer.

Cast

Production

The film was produced by Arcadia Motion Pictures alongside Pegaso Pictures AIE and Noodles Production. Shooting began in Barcelona on 26 May 2023.

Release

The film premiered at the 21st Seville European Film Festival on 9 November 2024. It also made it to the 'Panorama' strand of the 39th Mar del Plata International Film Festival. Distributed by Filmax, it is scheduled to be released theatrically in Spain on 10 January 2025.

Reception

Alfonso Rivera of Cineuropa wrote that Echeverría opted for "a cold, collected, elegant and distant form of mise-en-scène".

Accolades

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2025 4th Carmen Awards Best Actress Natalia de Molina Pending

See also

References

  1. "Desmontando un elefante". mardelplatafilmfest.com. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  2. ^ "RTVE.es estrena el tráiler de 'Desmontando un elefante', con Emma Suárez y Natalia de Molina". rtve.es. 28 October 2024.
  3. ^ Rivera, Alfonso (19 November 2024). "Review: Dismantling an Elephant". Cineuropa.
  4. "Desmontando un elefante". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. 29 May 2023.
  5. Saavedra, David (9 November 2024). ""Estoy acostumbrada a vivir al día, a no saber si voy a trabajar dentro de dos meses"". El Correo de Andalucía.
  6. ^ "Desmontando un elefante se estrenará el 10 de enero tras su premio en Sevilla". Andalucía Información. 19 November 2024.
  7. "'Solos en la noche', con 15 nominaciones, y 'Rita', con 14, encabezan los IV Premios Carmen del Cine Andaluz". Europa Press. 19 December 2024.
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