The Cuckoo's Curse
Film poster
SpanishEl cuco
Directed byMar Targarona
Written by
  • Alfred Pérez-Fargas
  • Robert Danès
Produced by
  • Marina Padró
  • Joaquín Padró
  • Wolfgang Mueller
  • Benito Mueller
  • Mar Targarona
Starring
CinematographyRafa Lluch
Edited byJosé Luis Romeu
Music byDiego Navarro
Production
companies
  • El Pájaro Cuco AIE
  • Rodar y Rodar
  • Barry Films
Distributed byFilmax (es)
Release dates
  • 17 March 2023 (2023-03-17) (Málaga)
  • 15 September 2023 (2023-09-15) (Spain)
Countries
  • Spain
  • Germany
LanguageSpanish

The Cuckoo's Curse (Spanish: El cuco) is a 2023 Spanish-German supernatural thriller film directed by Mar Targarona from a screenplay by Alfred Pérez-Fargas and Robert Danès which stars Belén Cuesta, Rainer Reiners, Jorge Suquet, and Hildegard Schroedter.

Plot

The plot takes place upon the swap of houses between a Spanish couple (Marc and Anna) waiting for their first child and a couple of lovely old-age Germans (Hans and Olga). To the younger Spanish couple's horror, the Germans want more than exchanging houses, but also their lives.[1][2][3]

Cast

Production

The screenplay was penned by Alfred Pérez-Fargas and Robert Danès.[5] The film is a Spanish-German international co-production by por El Pájaro Cuco AIE, Rodar y Rodar and Barry Films, and it had the participation of RTVE, Orange and Crea SGR and funding from ICAA and ICEC.[2][6]

Release

The film was presented in the 'Málaga Premiere' section of the 26th Málaga Film Festival on 17 March 2023.[7] Distributed by Filmax,[6] it was released theatrically in Spain on 15 September 2023.

Reception

Víctor A. Gómez of La Opinión de Málaga, wrote that Targarona delivers "a spectacle with no direction and sense other than that of absolute disaster".[8]

Toni Vall of Cinemanía rated the film 2 out of 5 stars, writing about "one of the most unequal casts imaginable", with Cuesta separated by a huge distance from the rest.[9]

María Bescós of HobbyConsolas rated the film with 56 points ('so so'), positively citing its ability to "generate intrigue and tension" while negatively citing its tonal change as the film gets close to the denouement.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Targarona convierte el intercambio de casas en pesadilla". La Opinión de Málaga. Prensa Ibérica. 18 March 2023.
  2. 1 2 de Pablos, Emiliano (17 May 2022). "Film Factory Introduces Mar Targarona, Rodar y Rodar's 'The Cuckoo's Curse' to Buyers (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
  3. 1 2 Bescós, María (12 September 2023). "Crítica de El cuco, la película de Belén Cuesta y Jorge Suquet con un inquietante intercambio de casas". HobbyConsolas.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (11 September 2023). "Los estrenos del 15 de septiembre. 'El cuco'. Intercambio inquietante". Aisge.
  5. 1 2 "Belén Cuesta, sobre la dimisión de Rubiales: "Está pasando lo que tenía que pasar y lo que tenía que haber pasado antes"". Europa Press. 11 September 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Mar Targarona dirige 'El cuco': «El objetivo es entretener al público»". Audiovisual451. 11 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "Targarona convierte el intercambio de casas en pesadilla". La Opinión de Málaga. Prensa Ibérica. 18 March 2023.
  8. ↑ Gómez, Víctor A. (17 March 2023). "No hay que tenerle miedo a El Cuco, hay que tenerle miedo a "El Cuco"". La Opinión de Málaga. Prensa Ibérica.
  9. ↑ Vall, Toni (13 September 2023). "Crítica de 'El cuco': no hay que ser el más listo para adivinar por dónde irán los tiros". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
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