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Dark Buildings (A Crack in the Wall)

2018 film

Dark Buildings (A Crack in the Wall)[1] (Spanish: Las grietas de Jara) is a 2018 Argentine-Spanish thriller film directed by Nicolás Gil Lavedra [es] based on the novel of Claudia Piñeiro. Its stars Oscar Martínez, Joaquín Furriel, and Soledad Villamil along with Sara Sálamo, Laura Novoa, and Santiago Segura.

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Plot

The plot follows architect Pablo Simó, working alongside Marta Horvath for Mario Borla in an architecture studio. Private individual Nelson Jara files a complaint and asks for a compensation because of a crack on a building, paving the way for an escalating and protracted conflict.[2]

Cast

Claudia Piñeiro makes a cameo.[6]

Production

The film was produced by MyS Producción, Cindy Teperman, Telefé, DK Group, Benteveo Producciones Audiovisuales, Royal Cinema, Non Stop, and Gaman Cine alongside Bowfinger International Pictures.[7] Shooting locations included Buenos Aires.[7]

Release

Distributed by Buena Vista International,[8] the film opened in Argentine theatres on 18 January 2018.[9] Distributed by 39 Escalones,[10] it was released theatrically in Spain on 13 July 2018.

Reception

Diego Batlle of La Nación gave the film a 'good' rating, writing that when it explores "certain intimate zones, it gains in subtleties and nuances, reaching an emotional dimension" otherwise lacking in other parts.[3]

Horacio Bernades of Página|12 rated the film with 7 points, writing that it "is sustained by the careful—though perhaps somewhat lax—plot and the performances, all of them precise.[2]

Sergio F. Pinilla of Cinemanía rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be a film "with shoring defects".[10]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    De Pablos, Emiliano (20 May 2017). "Cannes: FilmSharks Nabs International Rights to Spanish Trio". Variety.
  2. [2]
    Bernades, Horacio (20 January 2018). "Gente común en una trama policial". Página|12.
  3. [3]
    Batlle, Diego (17 January 2018). "Las grietas de Jara: gran sutileza emotiva". La Nación.
  4. [4]
    "Las grietas de Jara". Bowfinger International Pictures. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
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    Monti, Milagros (20 December 2017). "Zoe Hochbaum, sobre su personaje en "Las grietas de Jara": "Se verá algo distinto a lo que vengo haciendo"". Infobae.
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    Centenera, Mar (21 January 2018). "'Las grietas de Jara', un terremoto emocional". El País.
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    "Nicolás Gil Lavedra rueda "Las grietas de Jara", thriller que tendrá su estreno en junio 2017". Latamcinema. 24 January 2017.
  8. [8]
    "Drama y secretos en cadena: llega al cine Las grietas de Jara, la gran apuesta del cine nacional". perfil.com. 16 January 2018.
  9. [9]
    Stiletano, Marcelo (7 May 2018). "El cine argentino apuesta la taquilla de 2018 a sus estrenos de invierno". La Nación.
  10. [10]
    Pinilla, Sergio F. (6 July 2018). "Las grietas de Jara". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
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