''32 Malasana Street'' ( es, Malasaña 32, links=no) is a 2020 Spanish

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film directed by Albert Pintó. The cast features Begoña Vargas,

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, Iván Marcos, Sergio Castellanos and Javier Botet, among others.

Plot

The fiction is set in 1976. A family from the countryside (the Olmedo family formed by Manolo, Candela, their three children and the grandfather Fermín) moves to the neighborhood of

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in Madrid. Upon their arrival to their new home, they find out that they will have to endure living with a "strange presence".

Cast

Production

The screenplay was penned by , Gema R. Neira, Salvador S. Molina, and David Orea. The film was produced by Mr. Fields and Friends, Atresmedia Cine, Warner Bros. Entertainment España, , Malasaña Movie AIE and 4 CATS Pictures. A prime shooting location was a building in Calle de San Bernardino 3, Madrid (32 Malasaña Street does not exist, Calle de Malasaña actually ends at 30), which has also hosted part of the filmings of ''

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'', '' May God Save Us'' and '' Don't Blame the Karma for Being an Idiot'', among others. Shooting had already wrapped in September 2019.

Release

Distributed by Warner Bros., the film was theatrically released in Spain on 17 January 2020.

Reception

Eulàlia Iglesias of '' El Confidencial'' gave the film 2 out of 5 stars. She wrote that the film "does not delve into its metaphorical potential" and it ends up relying too much on "cheap scares". She also considered that the ending goes off-rail and that Concha Velasco does not seem to believe in the role she is playing. Pablo Vázquez of '' Fotogramas'' gave it 3 out of 5 stars, considering the film to be "an honest collection of scares", although he missed some dark humour in the film. Among genre tropes and cliches galore,

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of ''

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'' wrote that some distinctive features can be discerned (related to the production design, costumes and some social details making nods to the era the film is set in). He deemed the last half hour to be "great". Raquel Hernández Luján of ''

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'' gave it 68 out of 100 points ("acceptable"), praising the cast, the production design and sound production, whilst negatively assessing the "ridiculous" ending, the abuse of jumpscares and the plot's lack of internal logic.

References

External links

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