Dying Beyond Their Means (Spanish: Murieron por encima de sus posibilidades) is a 2014 Spanish satirical comedy film written and directed by Isaki Lacuesta. It features an ensemble cast.
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| Spanish | Murieron por encima de sus posibilidades |
| Directed by | Isaki Lacuesta |
| Screenplay by | Isaki Lacuesta |
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| Edited by | Domi Parra |
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| Distributed by | Versus Entertainment |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Plot
editUpon being interned in a psychiatric hospital, five citizens whose lives were thwarted by economic crisis concoct a plan to kidnap the president of the Central Bank to get things back to the way they used to be.[1][2]
Cast
edit- Raúl Arévalo as Miguel[3]
- Julián Villagrán as Julio[4]
- Iván Telefunken as Iván[5]
- José Coronado as José Javier[3]
- Albert Pla as Albert[3]
- Josep Maria Pou as Faustino Lorenzo[5]
- Jordi Vilches as Jordi[6]
- Ariadna Gil as directora[3]
- Carmen Machi[3]
- Bárbara Lennie[3]
- José Sacristán[3]
- Ángela Molina as camarera[3]
- Eduard Fernández as locutor de televisión[3]
- Sergi López[3]
- Emma Suárez as Ana[3]
- Imanol Arias[7]
- Bruno Bergonzini[7]
- Àlex Monner[7]
- Pau Riba[7]
- Jaume Sisa[7]
- Luis Tosar[7]
Production
editThe film is an Alicorn Films, La Termita Films, Sentido Films, Versus Entertainment and La Panda de Morosos production.[8]
Release
editThe film premiered at the 62nd San Sebastián International Film Festival on 25 September 2014 in a non-competitive slot.[9] Distributed by Versus Entertainment,[2] it was released theatrically in Spain on 24 April 2015.
Reception
editNeil Young of The Hollywood Reporter welcomed the "commendably brave and wildly unexpected career curveball" by Lacuesta with the "cockeyed" comedy film, underscoring as a bottomline that the "tartly topical satire takes wobbly aim at easy targets".[10]
Pere Vall of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, singling out its "central quintet, its tone swifts, and its mix of humor and pamphlet" as the best things about the film.[11]
Carlos Boyero of El País lamented that, with the film, he felt "directly assaulted by embarrassment, that ungrateful feeling of cringe".[12]
Sergio F. Pinilla of Cinemanía rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, writing that despite the astonished reaction of a part of the critics, "the experiment works" with Lacuesta's irreverent humor managing to [both] surprise and offend.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Lacuesta: "la millor forma de reflectir Espanya és l'esperpent"". Diari de Girona. 16 April 2015.
- ^ a b c Pinilla, Sergio F. (20 April 2015). "Murieron por encima de sus posibilidades". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (21 April 2015). "Los estrenos del 24 de abril. 'Murieron por encima de sus posibilidades'. Humor surrealista frente a la crisis". Aisge.
- ^ Altarriba Vilanova, Guillermo (2016). Esculpir el tiempo (de crisis). Construcciones fílmicas sobre la recesión económica global (PDF).
- ^ a b Altarriba Vilanova 2016, p. 67.
- ^ Altarriba Vilanova 2016, p. 70.
- ^ a b c d e f "Festival de San Sebastián 2014 Murieron por encima de sus posiblidades". rtve.es. 12 September 2014.
- ^ ""Murieron por encima de sus posibilidades" i "Cómo sobrevivir a una despedida" arriben als cinemes". Acadèmia del Cinema Català. 17 April 2015.
- ^ Vallín, Pedro (26 September 2014). "Festival de San Sebastián: Del amor y del reloj". La Vanguardia.
- ^ Young, Neil (1 October 2014). "'Dying Beyond Their Means' ('Murieron por encima de sus posibilidades'): San Sebastian Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ Vall, Pere (17 September 2015). "Murieron por encima de sus posibilidades". Fotogramas.
- ^ Boyero, Carlos (26 September 2014). "¡Ay, qué risa, Isaki Lacuesta!". El País.