One Night with Adela (Spanish: Una noche con Adela) is a 2023 Spanish one-shot revenge thriller film directed by Hugo Ruiz which stars Laura Galán.
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| Spanish | Una noche con Adela |
| Directed by | Hugo Ruiz |
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| Cinematography | Diego Trenas |
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| Distributed by | #Conunpack |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Plot
editThe plot takes place in an unphotogenic Madrid. After ending her night shift, sad and deranged street sweeper Adela carries out a meticulous plan to exert brutal revenge on those who have wronged her and turned her into human garbage.[1][2]
Cast
edit- Laura Galán as Adela
- Jimmy Barnatán as Javi[2]
- Litus as Bolo[2]
- Raudel Raúl as Rafael[2]
- Rosalía Omil as Adela's mother[2]
- Fernando Moraleda as Adela's father[2]
- Beatriz Morandeira as Lidy[2]
- Gemma Nierga[2]
- Paco Martínez[3]
Production
editThe film is a Muertos de Envidia Company and FTFCam production, in association with #Conunpack and with backing from Ayuntamiento de Madrid.[4][1] It was shot in Madrid.[2]
Release
editThe film landed its world premiere in the 'Midnight' slate of the Tribeca Festival on 8 June 2023.[5] It also screened on 21 October 2023 at the Albacete-based Abycine Film Festival for its Spanish premiere.[6] Distributed by #Conunpack,[4] it opened in Spanish theatres on 1 December 2023.
Reception
editAlfonso Rivera of Cineuropa wrote that the "unexpected turn" in the film's second part constitutes a "proper right hook" "to the most sacred of things, which will please the viewer in search of new (and powerful) emotions in these times steeped in sickly sweetness, insipidness, our addiction to 'likes' and political correctness".[1]
Accolades
edit| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2024 |
38th Goya Awards | Best Cinematography | Diego Trenas | Nominated | [7] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Rivera, Alfonso (14 June 2023). "Review: One Night with Adela". Cineuropa.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (26 November 2023). "Los estrenos del 1 de diciembre. 'Una noche con Adela'. Implacable venganza". Aisge.
- ^ "Una noche con Adela". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ a b Rosado, Ricardo (19 April 2023). "La salvaje 'Una noche con Adela', protagonizada por Laura Galán tras el éxito de 'Cerdita', se estrenará en el Festival de Tribeca". Fotogramas.
- ^ "El festival de Tribeca premia como mejor director novel al español Hugo Ruiz". La Vanguardia. 16 June 2023.
- ^ "'Una Noche con Adela' se estrena el 1 de diciembre". CineyTele. 23 November 2023.
- ^ "Premios Goya 2024 | Palmarés completo: todos los ganadores de la gran noche de 'La sociedad de la nieve'". Cinemanía. 11 February 2024 – via 20minutos.es.