Unbridled (2018 film)

Unbridled (Spanish: Animales sin collar) is a 2018 Spanish-Italian thriller film directed by Jota Linares in his feature film debut which stars Natalia de Molina alongside Daniel Grao. It is a sort of transfer of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House to a contemporary Andalusian setting.[1][2]

Unbridled
Theatrical release poster
SpanishAnimales sin collar
Directed byJota Linares
Screenplay byJota Linares
Based onA Doll's House
by Henrik Ibsen
Produced byBeatriz Bodegas
Starring
Production
companies
  • La Canica Films
  • Animales sin collar AIE
  • Palomar SpA
Distributed byeOne Films Spain
Release date
  • 19 October 2018 (2018-10-19) (Spain)
Countries
  • Spain
  • Italy
LanguageSpanish

Plot

Set in Andalusia, the plot concerns about the arrival to regional power of Abel, a fresh face with a modest background, helming the up-and-coming political party Pueblo Unido. Against the backdrop of Abel's imminent investiture, a loan taken out in the past by Abel's wife Nora to help her husband without consulting with him, comes to haunt her whilst a person from their past, Víctor (the privileged son of a corrupt former Junta de Andalucía high-ranking official and former acquaintance of the couple) comes into action.[3][4][5]

Cast

Production

A Spanish-Italian co-production,[8] the film was produced by La Canica Films and Animales sin collar AIE alongside Palomar SpA, with the participation of Netflix, RTVE, Movistar+ and Film Factory.[9] It also had support from ICAA and collaboration with CreaSGR.[9] Shooting locations included Seville and Carmona.[1]

Release

Distributed by eOne Films Spain,[9] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 19 October 2018.

Reception

Sergio F. Pinilla of Cinemanía rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, deeming it to display "character, an opportune cast and a few too many lines of dialogue".[4]

Federico Marín Bellón of ABC rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, considering that "the sex and violence, not at all explicit, add forcefulness to the good decisions of the director and screenwriter".[10]

Beatriz Martínez of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars highlighting the performances, particularly the ones of Natalia de Molina and Ignacio Mateos, while negatively assessing the film's lack of "forcefulness".[2]

Accolades
Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
20196th Feroz AwardsBest Supporting ActorIgnacio MateosNominated[11]
28th Actors and Actresses Union AwardsBest New ActorBorja LunaNominated[12][13]

See also

References
  1. López, José Antonio (14 October 2018). "Me interesaba mucho contar una historia de mujeres fuertes". Diario de Cádiz. Grupo Joly.
  2. Martínez, Beatriz (15 October 2018). "Para amantes de las relecturas contemporáneas de clásicos teatrales". Fotogramas.
  3. Iglesias, Eulàlia (19 October 2018). "'Animales sin collar': políticos, chantajes y desengaños en la Junta de Andalucía". El Confidencial.
  4. Pinilla, Sergio F. (11 October 2018). "Animales sin collar". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  5. Griñán, Francisco (21 October 2018). "El villano de las elecciones andaluzas".
  6. Arcones, Juan (12 September 2018). "Primer poster oficial de 'Animales sin collar' (Exclusiva)". Fotogramas.
  7. Silvestre, Juan (5 July 2018). "'Animales sin collar': teaser tráiler y fecha de estreno de la ópera prima de Jota Linares". Fotogramas.
  8. Rivera, Alfonso (11 January 2018). "Beatriz Bodegas apoya al debutante Jota Linares". Cineuropa.
  9. "'Animales sin collar' – estreno en cines 19 de octubre". Audiovisual451. 15 October 2018.
  10. Marín Bellón, Federico (18 September 2019). "Crítica de «Animales sin collar»: Evidente talento". ABC.
  11. Prats, Marina (19 January 2019). "La lista completa de ganadores de los Premios Feroz 2019". HuffPost.
  12. "Los Premios Unión de Actores y Actrices anuncian sus nominados". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. 12 February 2019.
  13. Silvestre, Juan (12 March 2019). "'Arde Madrid' arrasa en los Premios de la Unión de Actores". Fotogramas.
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