Petra is a 2018 Spanish tragedy[1] film directed by Jaime Rosales. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
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Directed by | Jaime Rosales |
Screenplay by | Jaime Rosales Michel Gaztambide Clara Roquet Autonell |
Produced by | Bárbara Díez José María Morales Antonio Chavarrías Jérôme Dopffer Katrin Pors |
Starring | Bárbara Lennie Àlex Brendemühl Joan Botey Marisa Paredes Petra Martínez Carme Plà Oriol Pla Chema del Barco Natalie Madueño |
Cinematography | Hélène Louvart |
Edited by | Lucía Casal |
Music by | Kristian Eidnes Andersen |
Production companies | Fresdeval Films Wanda Visión Oberon Cinematográfica Les Productions Balthazar |
Distributed by | Wanda Visión |
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Running time | 1h47min |
Countries | Spain France Denmark |
Languages | Spanish Catalan |
Nos muestra una tragedia griega.
If such a notion suggests that we are in ancient Greece rather than modern Catalonia, then that's exactly right: The concerns of Petra are the universal ones of Greek tragedy, updated to contemporary Spain, and it's from Greek tragedy that the tight, complex plotting, the timelessness and the air of impending doom that hangs over Petra are drawn.
Yet at a certain point, the plot twists feel gratuitous, and Rosales' enduring interest in the subtleties of family dynamics veers toward themes found in Greek tragedy, without their bald immediacy.
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