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Manticore (Spanish: Mantícora) is 2022 psychological drama thriller film directed and written by Carlos Vermut which stars Nacho Sánchez and Zoe Stein.

Manticore
Spanish	Mantícora
Directed by	Carlos Vermut
Written by	Carlos Vermut
Starring	Nacho Sánchez Zoe Stein
Cinematography	Alana Mejía González
Edited by	Emma Tusell
Music by	Damián Schwartz
Production companies	Aquí y Allí Films BTeam Producciones
Distributed by	BTeam Pictures
Release dates	13 September 2022 (2022-09-13) (Toronto) 9 December 2022 (2022-12-09) (Spain)
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Plot

Billed by Vermut as "a story about love and monsters in modern times", the plot concerns about the relation between Julián, a video game designer (and a "heinous monster" in need to love and be loved) tortured by a grim secret, and Diana.[1][2]

Cast

Production

The screenplay was penned by Carlos Vermut.[6] The project was motivated as an adaptation of classic werewolf films, upon the premise that they originally sought to depict "humans managing forbidden sexual desires", with the fiction thereby approaching the theme of pedophilia as a curse, likewise portraying ways about how a pedophile may try to "cheat" on that forbidden desire with proxies (such as VR) in current-day society.[7] Alana Mejía González took over cinematography duties for the first time in a feature film.[2] The film was produced by Aquí y Allí Films and Bteam Prods, with the participation of TV3 and Movistar+.[8] Filming began on 27 May 2021 in Madrid.[9][10] It had already wrapped in July 2021.[2]

Release

The film was slated to make its world premiere at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival on 13 September 2022,[11] screened within the 'Contemporary World Cinema' selection.[12][13] It will later have its US premiere at the Austin-based Fantastic Fest.[14] It also made it to the slate of the 66th BFI London Film Festival and the 55th Sitges Film Festival,[8][15] as well as the 35th Tokyo International Film Festival (for its Asian premiere).[5][16] Distributed by BTeam Pictures,[9] it was set for a 4 November 2022 theatrical release date in Spain,[17] and then re-scheduled to 9 December 2022.[18] Film Factory handles the international sales elsewhere.[8]

Reception

Shelagh Rowan-Legg of ScreenAnarchy deemed Manticore to be "brutal, unflinching, precise, and sensitive", cannot helping to be "equal parts horrified and mesmerized" with the story.[19]

Alfonso Rivera of Cineuropa pointed out that, possible objections by some viewers about an "amoral or scandalous" nature notwithstanding, the story manages to address the issue of "the need for affection that we all have", wondering if this is "the most brilliantly contrived and terrible love story in cinema today".[20]

Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas rated the film with 75 out of 100 points ("good"), writing that Vermut delivers "a disconcerting film at times, suffocating at others, in which you never know what might happen and you are permanently on guard" as well as highlighting a "very intelligent" mise-en-scène that helps to "demonstrate that it is not necessary to be excessively explicit in order to enter into the most obsessive, deep and disconcerting corners of people".[21]

Daniel de Partearroyo of Cinemanía considered the "disturbing masterpiece" to be a "a hair-raising character study grappling with taboo and horror at the blackness before one's own soul", as well as Vermut's "most polished and daring film to date".[22]

Wendy Ide of ScreenDaily underscored the film to be "a provocative and intelligently handled picture which explores the impact of isolation and social dislocation on a troubled soul".[5]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2022	28th Forqué Awards	Best Film Actor	Nacho Sánchez	Pending	[23]

See also

• List of Spanish films of 2022

References

External links

• Manticore at IMDb 

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