The Te$t
| The Te$t | |
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| Spanish | El test |
| Directed by | Dani de la Orden |
| Screenplay by | Jordi Vallejo |
| Based on | El test by Jordi Vallejo |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Pau Muñoz |
| Music by | Fernando Velázquez |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures España |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
The Te$t[1] (Spanish: El test) is a 2022 Spanish comedy film directed by Dani de la Orden and written by Jordi Vallejo which stars Alberto San Juan, Miren Ibarguren, Carlos Santos, and Blanca Suárez.
Plot
[edit]The fiction follows a financially-strained married couple (Héctor and Paula) who are offered a bargain by Toni, a rich friend of theirs: €100,000 upfront or €1,000,000 ten years from now. Héctor favours the former option whilst Paula prefers to wait, but they need to reach a common stance.
Cast
[edit]- Carlos Santos as Héctor[2]
- Miren Ibarguren as Paula[2]
- Alberto San Juan as Toni[3]
- Blanca Suárez as Berta[4]
- Antonio Resines[3]
- Luna Fulgencio[3]
Production
[edit]Based on the stage play of the same name written by Jordi Vallejo, the screenplay was adapted by Vallejo himself.[4][5] The film is an Atresmedia Cine, Warner Bros. Pictures España and Álamo Producciones Audiovisuales production.[5]
Release
[edit]The film was presented on 19 March 2022 at the 25th Málaga Film Festival, included in the festival's official selection.[6][7] Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures España, it was theatrically released in Spain on 2 September 2022.[5]
Reception
[edit]Juan Pando of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, highlighting "the wonderful ironic tone that it maintains" as the best thing about it.[8]
Javier Escribano of HobbyConsolas rated the film 70 out of 100 points ("good"), deeming it to be "very entertaining and easy to watch movie, light but also interesting and thought-provoking at the same time", while pointing out that the story becomes predictable towards the end, and that Resines' character has no place as a comic relief as negative points.[9]
Santiago Alverú of Cinemanía rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, regretting that by the time the viewer gets attached to the three lead characters "magnificently" played by San Juan, Ibarguren and Santos, Suárez's character bursts in with a different tone, unbalancing the whole.[10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Cabeza, Elisabet (24 March 2022). "Comedies rule as the Spanish Screenings finish Malaga stint". ScreenDaily.
- ^ a b Sotorrío, Regina (19 March 2022). "El dilema de Dani de la Orden en el Festival de Málaga: «¿100.000 euros ahora o un millón dentro de diez años?»". Diario Sur. Grupo Vocento.
- ^ a b c Muñoz Rivera, María. "El murciano Carlos Santos protagoniza 'El test', la nueva comedia "incómoda" de Dani de la Orden". Murcia Plaza.
- ^ a b Ponce, Rocío (19 March 2022). "Hablamos con Blanca Suárez en el Festival de Málaga: "Me encantaría hacer teatro"". Vanitatis – via El Confidencial.
- ^ a b c Sánchez Sequera, Marco (30 August 2022). "'El Test' – estreno en cines 2 de septiembre". Audiovisual451.
- ^ Aller, María (23 August 2022). "Clip de 'El test', el nuevo trabajo de Dani de la Orden". Fotogramas.
- ^ "'El test': ¿Cien mil euros ahora o un millón dentro de diez años?". Málaga Hoy. Grupo Joly.
- ^ Pando, Juan (1 September 2022). "Crítica de 'El test', la nueva comedia de Dani de la Orden". Fotogramas.
- ^ Escribano, Javier (29 August 2022). "Crítica de El Test, una comedia española que demuestra que el dinero no da la felicidad". HobbyConsolas.
- ^ Alverú, Santiago (30 August 2022). "Crítica de 'El test'". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.