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A Whale
SpanishUna ballena
Directed byPablo Hernando
Screenplay byPablo Hernando
Starring
CinematographySara Gallego
Edited byPablo Hernando
Production
companies
  • Señor y Señora
  • Sayaka Producciones
  • Orisa Produzioni
Distributed byElastica Films
Release dates
  • 10 October 2024 (2024-10-10) (Sitges)
  • 2025 (2025) (Spain)
Countries
  • Spain
  • Italy
LanguageSpanish

A Whale (Spanish: Una ballena) is a 2024 neo-noir fantasy thriller film directed by Pablo Hernando [es] starring Ingrid García-Jonsson.

Plot

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The plot follows Ingrid, a contract killer who draws her power to vanish without a trace from another world inhabited by monsters.[1][2]

Cast

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Production

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In the view of Hernando the film is "first and foremost" "the story of a contract killer in a world of smugglers and mobsters", linking it to Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samouraï.[3] García-Jonsson cited instead Nicolas Winding Refn's filmography and Under the Skin as references.[3]

The film was produced by Señor y Señora, Sayaka Producciones, and Orisa Produzioni.[4] Shooting locations in Biscay included the artificial island of Zorrotzaurre.[3] Upon wrapping shooting, Hernando reported that the project was going to enter a long post-production because of the profusion of VFX.[5]

Release

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The film was presented at the 57th Sitges Film Festival on 10 October 2024.[6] Distributed by Elastica,[4][7] it is expected to receive a theatrical release in Spain in 2025.[8]

Reception

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Júlia Olmo of Cineuropa described A Whale as "a cross between film noir, science fiction and cosmic horror", lauding it as "a film as cryptic as it is beautiful, and at times hypnotic".[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Atutxa, Sandra (13 March 2023). "'Una ballena', la nueva película del director vasco Pablo Hernando, se rueda en Bizkaia". Deia.
  2. ^ Lang, Jamie (3 December 2024). "Latido Deals Top Indie Titles 'They Will Be Dust 'A Whale', 'Night Silence', 'Raqqa: Spy vs. Spy' and 'Justicia Artificial' in Key Territories". Variety.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Belategui, Oskar (9 May 2023). "Una asesina a sueldo en Zorrozaurre". El Correo. Grupo Vocento.
  4. ^ a b Lana, Nagore (10 October 2024). "El cine vitoriano conquista Sitges con asesinas a sueldo". Gasteiz Hoy.
  5. ^ González, Carlos (21 August 2023). "'Una ballena' de Pablo Hernando, ya está en plena postproducción". Noticias de Álava.
  6. ^ "Pablo Hernando mezcla cine negro y fantasía en 'Una ballena' en el Festival de Sitges". La Vanguardia. 10 October 2024.
  7. ^ González, Carlos (17 July 2024). "El vitoriano Pablo Hernando estrenará 'Una ballena' en el Festival de Sitges". Noticias de Álava.
  8. ^ Fernández, Harri X. (21 December 2024). "Estrenos de cine vasco en 2025: las producciones más esperadas". Noticias de Gipuzkoa.
  9. ^ Olmo, Júlia (10 October 2024). "Review: A Whale". Cineuropa.
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