The Furies (2016 film)

The Furies (Spanish: Las furias)^[1] is a 2016 family comedy-drama film with tragedy elements written and directed by Miguel del Arco. The ensemble cast features Pere Arquillué, Gonzalo de Castro, Elisabet Gelabert, Bárbara Lennie, Carmen Machi, José Sacristán, Mercedes Sampietro, Alberto San Juan, Macarena Sanz and Emma Suárez.

The Furies
Theatrical release poster
Spanish	Las furias
Directed by	Miguel del Arco
Written by	Miguel del Arco
Starring	Pere Arquillué Gonzalo de Castro Elisabet Gelabert Bárbara Lennie Carmen Machi José Sacristán Mercedes Sampietro Alberto San Juan Macarena Sanz Emma Suárez
Cinematography	Raquel Fernández
Edited by	Teresa Font
Music by	Arnau Vilà
Production companies	Aquí y Allí Films Kamikaze Producciones
Distributed by	Wanda Vision
Release dates	23 October 2016 (2016-10-23) (Seminci) 11 November 2016 (2016-11-11) (Spain)
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Plot

Marga, the matriarch of the Ponte Alegre family, is set to sell the family's summer house, so she encourages their three children to go there to choose as many items as they wish to preserve.

Cast

• Pere Arquillué [ca] as Gus^[2]
• Gonzalo de Castro as Héctor^[3]
• Elisabet Gelabert [ca] as Nekane^[2]
• Bárbara Lennie as Julia^[2]
• Carmen Machi as Casandra^[4]
• José Sacristán as Leo^[2]
• Mercedes Sampietro as Marga^[3]
• Alberto San Juan as Aki^[2]
• Macarena Sanz as María^[2]
• Emma Suárez as Ana^[2]

Production

The film, Miguel del Arco's [es] debut feature, is an Aquí y Allí Films and Kamikaze Producciones production, with participation of TVE and Movistar+.^[5] It had a €1.5 million budget.^[6] Filming began on 10 August 2015.^[5] Shooting locations included the seaside town of Suances, Cantabria.^[7]

Release

The Furies was presented at the 61st Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) on 23 October 2016, screened as the festival's opening film.^[8] Distributed by Wanda Vision,^[9] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 11 November 2016.

Reception

Jordi Costa of Fotogramas, rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, considering that "the presentation of characters and conflicts is absolutely exemplary", likewise citing the harmony between director and cast as a positive point, while warning that some viewers "will get indigestion from the final excesses".^[10]

Sergio F. Pinilla of Cinemanía rated it 3½ out of 5 stars, writing that the film, dialogue-wise, "is too intense", featuring a not quite fitting climax, standing out for "its narrative and stylistic eloquence".^[11] He found a likeness with films by Sam Mendes, P.T. Anderson and Woody Allen.^[11]

Quim Casas of El Periódico de Catalunya scored 2 out of 5 stars, considering that some of the characters "are more interesting in theory than in practice", wondering if perhaps there was no need for such stridency, concluding that "excess eventually devours intensity".^[12]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2017	72nd CEC Medals	Best New Actress	Macarena Sanz	Nominated	[13][14]
	26th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Film Actress in a Minor Role	Emma Suárez	Nominated	[15][16]

See also

• List of Spanish films of 2016

References

1. Lang, Jamie (30 October 2016). "'Like Crazy' Takes Top Honors at Spain's Valladolid Festival". Variety.
2. "Las furias". Wanda Films. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
3. Jimeno, Diego (25 October 2020). "'Las furias', con Mercedes Sampietro, en 'Versión española'". Diez Minutos.
4. Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (10 November 2016). "Los estrenos del 11 de noviembre. 'Las Furias'". Aisge.
5. "Miguel del Arco debuta en el largometraje con 'Las furias', la nueva producción de Aquí y Allí Films y Kamikaze Producciones". Audiovisual451. 12 August 2015.
6. García, Rocío (6 October 2015). "Furias familiares que se desatan en una casona del Norte". El País.
7. "Suances acoge el rodaje de la película 'Las furias', de Miguel del Arco". 20minutos.es. 10 September 2015.
8. Medina, Marta (23 October 2016). "'Las furias' de Miguel del Arco: España como esa familia incapaz de entenderse". El Confidencial.
9. "'Las furias' – estreno en cines 11 de noviembre". Audiovisual451. 8 November 2016.
10. Costa, Jordi (18 October 2016). "Las furias. Para amantes del cine kamikaze". Fotogramas.
11. Pinilla, Sergio F. (6 November 2016). "Las furias". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
12. Casas, Quim (10 November 2016). "'Las furias': mas exceso que intensidad". El Periódico de Catalunya.
13. "'Tarde para la ira' encabeza las candidaturas a las 72ª Medallas del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos". Audiovisual451. 11 January 2017.
14. "La 72 Gala de las Medallas CEC, todo un éxito". Cine y Tele. 31 January 2017.
15. "Javier Pereira, entre los nominados a los Premios Unión de Actores". La Vanguardia. 13 February 2017. Archived from the original on 2022-03-14.
16. "'Tarde para la ira' arrasa en unos Premios Unión de Actores con fuerte reivindicación femenina". RTVE. 14 March 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-03-14.