Invader (2012 film)

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Invader (2012 film)
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Daniel Calparsoro
Produced by
  • Juan Gordon
  • Emma Lustres
  • Borja Pena
Screenplay by
Based on Invasor
by Fernando Marías
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Music by Lucas Vidal
Cinematography Daniel Aranyó
Edited by
  • David Pinillos
  • Antonio Frutos
Production
company
  • Vaca Films
  • Morena Films
  • Mandarin Cinema
Distributed by Buena Vista International (es)
Release dates
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  • 30 November 2012 (2012-11-30) (Spain)
Country
  • Spain
  • France
Language
  • Spanish
  • English
  • Arabic

Invader (Spanish: Invasor) is a 2012 Spanish-French action thriller film directed by Daniel Calparsoro which stars Alberto Ammann, Antonio de la Torre, Karra Elejalde and Inma Cuesta. It is based on Fernando Marías's 2003 novel Invasor.

Plot

Pablo, a Spanish military physician, suffers an attack in Iraq that leaves him badly wounded. Upon returning home with his wife Ángela and daughter Pilar, a recovering Pablo begins to cast doubt on the official version of the events.

Cast

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Production

Based on the novel Invasor by Fernando Marías, the screenplay was penned by Javier Gullón and Jorge Arenillas.[1][4] The film was produced by Vaca Films and Morena Films in co-production with Mandarin, with the participation and collaboration of TVE, Canal+, Ono, TVG, and Xunta de Galicia.[5] The film was shot in Fuerteventura and Lanzarote (in the Canary Islands) as well as in A Coruña (Galicia).[5]

Release

Distributed by Buena Vista International,[1] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 30 November 2012.

Reception

Irene Crespo of Cinemanía rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, assessing the conspiracy-heavy film to "go all in in the action side and falling halfway in the thriller side", featuring "action scenes perfectly choreographed and sized to the needs of the story, making for an enjoyable time", with the story losing credibility as it delves into the protagonist's moral dilemmas.[6]

Pere Vall of Fotogramas rated the film 2 out of 5 stars, considering that the backdrop (involving plots and corruption) in which the mishaps of the protagonist take place is not sketched adequately enough, while citing some action scenes and the cast's soundness to be among the best things about the film.[7]

Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film—"a Spanish contribution to the burgeoning genre of Iraq-themed anti-war movies"—to be a "highly charged, good-looking but deeply flawed thriller about governmental spin".[1]

Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas scored 70 out of 100 points ("good"), considering the "fabulous" cinematography as well as the choice of camera shots to be the best things about the film, while singling out the film's failure to thrill (or convince) in its central section and the way information is provided to be the worst things about it.[8]

Accolades

Year Recipient/Nominated work Award Result
2013 27th Goya Awards Best Adapted Screenplay Javier Gullón, Jorge Arenillas Nominated [9]
Best Supporting Actor Antonio de la Torre Nominated
Best Editing Antonio Frutos, David Pinillos Nominated
Best Sound Sergio Bürmann, Nicolás de Poulpiquet, James Muñoz Nominated
Best Special Effects Reyes Abades, Isidro Jiménez Nominated
11th Mestre Mateo Awards Best Feature Film Nominated [10]
Best Supporting Actor Antonio de la Torre Nominated
Karra Elejalde Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Inma Cuesta Nominated
Best Direction Daniel Calparsoro Nominated
Best Art Direction Juan Pedro de Gaspar Nominated
Best Screenplay Javier Gullón, Jorge Arenillas Nominated
Best Editing Antonio Frutos, David Pinillos Won
Best Sound Sergio Bürmann, James Muñoz, Nicolás de Poulpiquet Nominated
Best Makeup and Hairstyles Raquel F. Fidalgo, Paco Rodríguez Nominated
Best Production Supervision Jordi Berenguer Nominated

See also

References

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