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Abuela

Original title: La abuela
  • 2021
  • 12
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
6K
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Abuela (2021)
A Paris model must return to Madrid where her grandmother, who had brought her up, just had a stroke. But spending just a few days with this relative turns into an unexpected nightmare.
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A Paris model must return to Madrid where her grandmother, who had brought her up, just had a stroke. But spending just a few days with this relative turns into an unexpected nightmare.A Paris model must return to Madrid where her grandmother, who had brought her up, just had a stroke. But spending just a few days with this relative turns into an unexpected nightmare.A Paris model must return to Madrid where her grandmother, who had brought her up, just had a stroke. But spending just a few days with this relative turns into an unexpected nightmare.

  • Director
    • Paco Plaza
  • Writer
    • Carlos Vermut
  • Stars
    • Almudena Amor
    • Vera Valdez
    • Karina Kolokolchykova
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Paco Plaza
    • Writer
      • Carlos Vermut
    • Stars
      • Almudena Amor
      • Vera Valdez
      • Karina Kolokolchykova
    • 37User reviews
    • 37Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 6 nominations total

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    Almudena Amor
    Almudena Amor
    • Susana
    Vera Valdez
    • Pilar
    Karina Kolokolchykova
    Karina Kolokolchykova
    • Eva
    Marina Gutiérrez
    • Adela
    Berta Sánchez
    • Susana Niña
    Alba Bonnin
    • Eva Niña
    Gabriela Calonfirescu
    • Julita
    Ileana Wilson
    • Doctora Romero
    Chacha Huang
    Chacha Huang
    • Camarera Hamburguesería
    Lle Godoy
    • Persona Agencia 1
    • (as Mikel Godoy)
    Pia Hessel
    • Persona Agencia 2
    Marta Crespo
    • Enfermera
    • (voice)
    Esther Vaquero
    • Presentadora Informativo
    • (voice)
    José Gigar
    José Gigar
    • Conductor Coche Accidente
    • (as José Emilio Gimeno)
    Pierre-François Garel
    • Eric
    Zoe Alayrangues
    • Zoe
    Pía Laborde-Noguez
    Pía Laborde-Noguez
    • Jeune Femme Soirée
    Erick Faulkner
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    • Director
      • Paco Plaza
    • Writer
      • Carlos Vermut
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    6ma-cortes

    Eerie horror movie about a grandmother and her granddaughter with chills , thrills , twists and turns

    It is firstly set in Paris and then Madrid . A Paris model called Susana (Almudena Amor) has to go back to Madrid where her grandmother Pilar (Vera Valdez) who had brought her up, just had a stroke . Susana feels responsible her grandmother , that's why the elderly Pilar became the substitute mother caring along her childhood and adolescence . But spending just a few days with this relative becomes into an unexpected nightmare . Step by step something fantastic , strange and wild will start to infect everyone around the weird apartament . And she starts to experience strong paranormal activity on their home . I was eager to meet you. She's waiting for you . Nobody will love you like I do.

    Decent terror movie with thrills , chills , tension , and creepy deeds . Scary and terrifying images when obscure supernatural events emerging from the other side , making sinister and mysterious appearances here and there . At the climax happens shocking and horrific images of diabolic appearances and violent attacks . A scary horror picture shot in fits and starts with disconcerting plot , regarding ghastly and threatening appearances , as a young model suffering from bizarre happenings . The film relies heavily on the two main actresses , the reason for the movie feels somewhat boring and really claustrophobic due to the fact that it is mainly set on a dark flat . The movie is passable, though during the first hour hardly anything happens ; however , the final half hour is frankly terrifying and with full of surprises . Displaying horrifying and creepy images about the young girl being relentlessly stalked by a malevolent and heinous appearance causing creepy , scary , awful and terrible moments . Genuinely horrible moments overcome some obvious plot devices . This is a juicy terrifying material fashioning an iconic possession , providing screams , thrills , shocks and chilling scenes . It has an extremely known premise about an eerie threat that spawns the film in ups and downs . The newcomer and unkown actresses : Almudena Amor , Vera Valdez and Karina Kolokolchykova give acceptable interpretations.

    It contains an adequate and sinister cinematography by cameraman Daniel Fernández Abelló , though dark , at times . And frightening , suspenseful musical score by composer Fatima Al Qadiri , adding modern songs by Estopa band . The motion picture was well directed by Paco Plaza , though makes some tiring , slow-moving and extremely claustrophobic. Plaza is a good director with much success particularly in terror genre . He has written or directed with Jaume Balaguero the successful¨ Rec¨ saga formed by : ¨Rec 1, Rec 2 , Rec Genesis and Rec Apocalypse¨ . As well as other terror movies as ¨The second name¨ , ¨Romasanta¨, ¨Christmas tale¨ , ¨Veronica¨and he wrote the American film : ¨Quarantine¨ . He has also made some shorts and documentary : ¨OT¨ . And his only and recent thriller, ¨Quien a hierro mata¨, with Luis Tosar . Rating 6/10 . Acceptable and interesting horror movie . Well worth watching for terror lovers.
    8gasparnicanorval

    a must watch if you are fan of the genre

    Paco plaza guives one of the best direction classes of the last years with this movie. Pure cinematic joy. Almudena amor is amazing too, she vas a nice carreer to follow now.
    3paul_m_haakonsen

    Incredibly slow paced and takes forever to virtually tell nothing...

    I stumbled upon the 2021 Spanish horror movie "La Abuela" (aka "The Grandmother") from writer Carlos Vermut and director Paco Plaza here in 2022. I had not heard about the movie prior to watching it, but I will say that I was lured in by the movie's cover/poster, and the synopsis seemed fair enough.

    And now having seen "La Abuela", I must say that this is a slow burn of a movie. The pacing of the narrative from writer Carlos Vermut is really slow and sort of mundane. If you are expecting a great horror experience, then "La Abuela" is not the best of choice.

    The storyline was just ultimately too weak and slow paced for my liking. Sure, I will say that the concept of the storyline was definitely interesting, but it was just brutally killed by a very monotonously directed movie that moved ahead in snail pace.

    I wasn't familiar with the cast list in "La Abuela", but I will say that the cast actually carried the movie well enough, especially when taking into consideration the severe limitations imposed by the script and storyline.

    I managed to sit through the entire movie, but I wasn't particularly entertained, much less impressed. And there wasn't a single scary moment throughout the 100 minutes that the movie ran for.

    My rating of "La Abuela" lands on a three out of ten stars. The movie was just lacking in crucial areas and moments to be worthwhile.
    5olcayozfirat

    The tension is high, the ending is predictable

    Spanish horror film produced in 2021. Although the movie gives a good dose of tension, the ending is easily predictable. The only person left from the family of the girl who is a model in Paris is her grandmother. He has taken care of her since childhood. This woman is suffering from a cerebral hemorrhage. Her granddaughter is coming from Paris to Barcelona to take care of the old lady. The girl, who took care of him with compassion at first, starts to have terrible times due to strange events at home. A movie with creepy scenes. There are also occasional nude scenes.
    5Saint_Pauley

    Old Movie

    It's like an old movie on late night TV that isn't worth changing channels for.

    A Parisian model is called back to Madrid after her grandmother has a stroke. But as she starts taking care of her elderly abuela, mysterious things begin happening.

    This feels like a remake of The Omen, but at the opposite end of life. It has the same slow beginning, the same weird events, and the same predictable climax.

    I expected more from the director of Rec.

    The scariest thing about this movie is thinking about how people are going to have to change your diapers one day.

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    • Trivia
      It was scheduled to be released on October 22 2021. Later, was postponed for October 29 2021. On October 16 was announced that the release was postponed to January 5 2022. On December 23, after the increase in COVID-19 cases, was postponed for an undetermined date. On January 11 was announced that the release finally would be on January 28.
    • Goofs
      (at around 11 mins) When the pilot announces the arrival to the airport of Madrid he says, "Welcome to the airport Adolfo Suárez Madrid" but this is incorrect as the airport's name, which they will always say is: "Adolfo Suárez Madrid Barajas".

      Then they say they are going to land on the T4S. This terminal is only used for out of Europe or Non-Schengen planes, such as to Tokyo, America, etc. Paris is in Europe and part of the Schengen, the used terminal would have been T4 instead.
    • Connections
      Features La ruleta de la suerte (2006)
    • Soundtracks
      Elegía al jardín de mi abuela
      by Vainica Doble

      Written by Carmen Santonja / Gloria Van Aerssen / A.J. Nieto

      Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment España, S.L.

      SGAE

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    • Release date
      • April 6, 2022 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • Spain
      • France
      • Belgium
    • Languages
      • Spanish
      • French
    • Also known as
      • The Grandmother
    • Filming locations
      • Madrid, Spain
    • Production companies
      • La Abuela Apache, A.I.E.
      • Apache Films
      • Les Films du Worso
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $4,343
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,585
      • Jul 24, 2022
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,033,653
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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