Dementia_(2006_film)

<i>Dementia</i> (2006 film)

Dementia (2006 film)

2006 Spanish film

Dementia[1] (Spanish: Tentarno) is a 2006 Spanish psychological thriller film directed by Fernando Cámara [es] from a screenplay by Patxi Amezcua [es] which stars Ingrid Rubio and Najwa Nimri.

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Plot

Traumatised and unhinged Elena, obsessed with becoming a mother, visits the residence of pregnant sister Natalia, living a happy life, thereby triggering a conflict.[2][3]

Cast

Production

The screenplay was penned by Patxi Amezcua [es].[2] Cámara acknowledged that the film was derivative of titles such as Single White Female, Fatal Attraction or The Hand That Rocks the Cradle.[4] Playing the film's "good" sister against type, Najwa Nimri stated that she was "not used to playing linear roles, without psychological problems" and that she accepted the role as a challenge.[2][4] The film was produced by DeAPlaneta PC with backing from TVC.[3]

Release

The film was released theatrically in Spain on 17 November 2006.[6]

Critical reception

Javier Ocaña of El País deemed the film to be "a correct intrigue around motherhood, psychic imbalance and consanguinity, which gathers references of multiple genre classics" to end up underpinning "a certainly solvent product".[7]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Spanish house goes int'l". Variety. 17 May 2006.
  2. [2]
    Calleja, Pedro (16 November 2006). "Una psicópata en la familia". Metrópoli – via El Mundo.
  3. [3]
    ""Trastorno", terror i suspens a TV3". TV3. 15 January 2013 – via Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.
  4. [4]
    "Ingrid Rubio y Najwa Nimri son dos hermanas enfrentadas en la película 'Trastorno'". Europa Press. 16 November 2016.
  5. [5]
    "Trastorno". Catálogo de Cinespañol. ICAA. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  6. [6]
    "Trastorno". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
  7. [7]
    Ocaña, Javier (17 November 2006). "La asesina del 'predictor'". El País.
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