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Spanish | Presentimientos |
Directed by | Santiago Tabernero |
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Based on | Presentimientos by Clara Sánchez |
Produced by | Gerardo Herrero |
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Cinematography | Pablo Rosso |
Edited by | Mapa Pastor |
Music by | Joan Valent |
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Country | Spain |
Language | Spanish |
Inside Love (Spanish: Presentimientos, lit. 'Presentiments') is a 2013 Spanish romantic thriller film directed by Santiago Tabernero from a screenplay by Tabernero and Eduardo Noriega, based on the novel Presentimientos by Clara Sánchez. It stars Marta Etura and Eduardo Noriega alongside Alfonso Bassave.
The couple of Julia and Félix is going through a crisis, so they make a change with a getaway trip to the seaside.[1] After a traffic accident suffered by Julia when going to buy diapers that puts her in a coma, the story bisects in two narrative lines pertaining Julia's dream world and Félix's findings about her in the real world.[2]
Penned by Santiago TaberneroEduardo Noriega, the screenplay is an adaptation of the novel Presentimientos by Clara Sánchez.[6][7] A Tornasol Films, Castafiore Films, and Zapping Entertainment production, the film also had the participation of TVE.[7] It was shot in locations of the province of Alicante, including Alicante, Elche, Villajoyosa, and Santa Pola.[7]
andThe film made its world premiere at the Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) on 20 October 2013.[8] Distributed by, it was theatrically released in Spain on 24 January 2014.[9]
Jonathan Holland of The Hollywood Reporter underscored as a bottom line: "intriguing but underachieved", Inside Love's "stab at profundity ironically leaves it looking superficial".[5]
Mirito Torreiro of Fotogramas rated the "aesthetically very well cared for, well narrated" film 3 out of 5 stars, highlighting Etura's performance as the best thing about it while citing as a negative point that the two levels in which the film moves do not always match well.[1]
Sergio F. Pinilla of Cinemanía rated the film 3½ out of 5 stars, considering that by fusing the psychological thriller with the couple crisis, on top of a resort hotel setting, the proposal is imbued of "a certain degree of exoticism and originality".[6]