Beyond the generally weak impact of national cinema in theaters, the Spanish film industry has continued to generate great stories within the seventh art. The proof is the impact outside our borders last year, where The snow society was nominated for best international film and in which Dreams of robots managed to do the same in the category of best animated feature film. This year, things are not left out, thanks to the examples that come back raise the national audiovisual fabric from unanimous critical success to theatrical success. Today our recommendation therefore cannot be other than the Spanish film that beats recordings in Netflix and it has managed to be a phenomenon on the billboard of our borders.
We talk of course House on firethe latest film from filmmaker Dani de la Orden. Director of Litus either Mom or Dad, The Catalan director once again tells us the story of a dysfunctional family through a superb work of direction of actors, a lot of humor and a particular sensitivity which navigates between several risky narrative turns. Without knowing the nominees for the Goya 2025, we expect that the Spanish film he wrote Édouard Sola is a candidate for several Oscars, notably in the acting categories and in the field of original screenplay. Visually beautiful thanks to the coves of Cadaqués and at the summer residence of the protagonists, House on fire combines a theatrical style with a character build solid that will keep you glued to the screen for the little more than an hour and a half that its images last.
The brilliant photograph, which for some will remind you of some summer advert for a well-known beer brand, is taken by Pepe Gay de Liebanawho helped build the visual imagery of the lights in the music videos for C. Tangana’s album, “The Madrilenian”.
“House on fire”: summary
The summary of House on fire is the following: “Montse is very excited because she is about to spend a weekend with the whole family in her house in Cadaqués, on the Costa Brava. She has been divorced for a long time, her ex has a new partner, her children have grown up and they have lived for a long time without paying attention to her, but nothing and no one will be able to turn Montse’s life upside down. spirits. He’s been waiting for this moment for too long. It will be an ideal weekend, even if I have to burn everything to get there.
As we pointed out previously, one of the greatest virtues of this Spanish film is enhanced by its ability to be a drama which is supported thanks to its incredible cast. Among all of us, we must make a very special mention of Emma Vilarasauwho will surely be one of the five nominees for the Goya for best actress next year. However, the rest of the cast performs wonderfully both in the comic and tragic parts. Among them, stand out Enric Auquer (Who kills with iron), Maria Rodriguez Soto (The Ministry of Time), Macarena Garcia (The call), Alberto San Juan (football days), Clara Segura (at sea) And José Pérez-Ocaña (Look what you did).
The brilliant Spanish film at the box office
With a budget of 2.7 million euros and a complicated debut at the box office 148,000 euros the first weak weekend, House on fire This generated good word of mouth, public reactions and invited spectators to come to the theaters. Thus, the Spanish film managed to obtain 3 million eurosbecoming the sixth highest-grossing film at the national box office, surpassing Valley of Shadows or Little Rooms, but remaining far behind the commercial phenomenon of Santiago Segura: Father, there is only one 4which concentrated 13 million euros in national cinemas.
It was to be expected that the support in the stands would translate into a good number of views within the platform hosted by Ted Sarandos. We’ll have to wait to see the official figures in the coming days, but for the moment House on Fire is a rising trend within the “big red N” catalog. It is not yet available on any other streaming service.
