La bandera (transl. 'The Flag') is a 2024 Spanish comedy-drama film directed by Martín Cuervo from a screenplay by Guillem Clua based on Clua's play "Al damunt dels nostres cants". It stars Imanol Arias, Ana Fernández, Miquel Fernández, and Aitor Luna.
Plot.
Aging Tomás (accompanied by biographer Lina) summons his two children Jesús and Antonio, who vie for the hypothetical inheritance. As the siblings find out a huge flag erected on the garden, family strife ensues.
Production.
The project was originally set to be directed by Guillermo Ríos, but Hugo Martín Cuervo eventually took over direction duties. The film is a Secuoya Studios, Álamo Producciones Audiovisuales, and A Contracorriente Films production. It was shot in Tenerife.
Release.
The film was presented in a non-competitive slot of the 27th Málaga Film Festival on 7 March 2024. Distributed by A Contracorriente Films, it is scheduled to be released theatrically in Spain on 14 June 2024.
Reception.
Jordi Batlle Caminal of "Fotogramas" rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, highlighting the "brilliant" meanness in the dialogues as the best thing about the film, while negatively citing the non-credible and annoying sentimentality pertaining the denouement.
Nuria Vidal of "Cinemanía" rated the film 2 out of 5 stars, underscoring it to be a "very conventional theatrical comedy that [only] works because of the actors" in the verdict.
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