As Bestas is my favorite, but I also highlight Modeo 77, Cinco Lobitos and Alcarràs
2022 has been a great year for Spanish cinema. Despite the fact that the pandemic has changed the way movies are consumed (it has also affected the streaming), the production companies have worked very hard to give us authentic films, with a personal and quality imprint. In this way, the list of the 20 best Spanish films of 2022 is an example of the good state of our industry: movies exceptional, many of which are already available to watch from home, which you should see sooner or later although 2023 is already far down the calendar.
The beasts
- As Bestas is available on VOD.
The beasts This is the best Spanish film of the year for a server courtesy of Alcarras oh Five Lobitos. It is also for the Academicians, failing to know how they are going to distribute the Goya 2023: 17 nominations, including best film and best direction. Are we facing one of the best cinematographic works of the last decade? It is whodunnit drama, you have to watch it knowing next to nothing about its plot.
Model 77
the last movie of alberto rodriguez (The Minimal Island, Group 7) is also one of his rare failures: the Andalusian filmmaker failed to reach the public with It is whodunnit located in Barcelona model prison. Really a shame, because basically, it’s an innovative proposal that works at all levels.
Five Lobitos
Eleven nominations for Goya Prize 2023including Best Picture, Screenplay and New Director, placed Five Lobitos under the media spotlight. A film about family and motherhood that surprises to be a start: It’s very good, and above all, moving.
Alcarras
- Alcarras is available for digital rental or purchase at Google Play, Apple TV, Filmin, Rakuten TV there Amazon.
Alcarras is the Spanish film that will represent us at the Oscaralthough at the moment we do not know if he will be chosen by the Academy. Carla Simon gave us a drama set in rural Catalonia that won the prize golden bear at the Berlin Film Festival and shot entirely in Catalan. Essential.
Venus
Jaume Balaguero returns to horror movies after the experience that was Descent, and he does it with a Spanish film with an overwhelming personality and starring the young star very well Ester Exposito. Yes, the stamp The fear collection of Sony Pictures Spain It doesn’t work as expected…
The crooked lines of God
It is one of the highest-grossing Spanish films of the yearin part thanks to a oriol paulo who knows exactly what his audience wants: whodunnit, intrigues and twists that make us squirm on the sofa. It is based on the homonymous book written by torcuato Luca de Tena.
i’m gonna have a good time
A musical with songs by men g and which takes advantage of the romantic comedy genre to paint a portrait of the evolution of our society in recent years. How can music be the guiding axis of a future relationship?
Pacification
Albert Serra He is the most personal director we have in Spain. In recent years it has been more recognized outside our country, and for this reason its latest projects are co-productions with Spain. An example is Pacificationa drama set in Tahiti, French Polynesia, a society that fears that French nuclear tests will resume.
Kindergarten
- Kindergarten is available on VOD.
Kindergarten is the new movie Pilar Palomerofilmmaker responsible for girls (2020) and which this time tells the story of a 14-year-old girl who becomes pregnant. The typical story of motherhood, tactfully told from a sensitive and profound perspective. Three Goya 2022 nominations, including Best Picture, Director and Supporting Actress!
one year, one night
This Spanish-French co-production based on true events was a hit with critics and received three nominations for Goya Prize 2022 Well Deserved: Best Adaptation of Screenplay, Editing and Sound. A story featuring ramon there Celinetwo young people who are at the Bataclan premises in Paris on the night of November 13, 2015. From now on, when they come out of the refuge where they were hiding, they will no longer be the same…
Spring consecration
The Rite of Spring is a simple film, and at the same time gigantic. Its cast shines there (Valeria Sorolla, Telmo Irureta there Emma Suarez), a round scenario and thoughtful, bitter and dark dialogues. However, the result is much brighter than expected.
manticore
Carlos Vermouth return to address after magic girl (2014) y who will sing to you (2018) against manticore, his most personal film to date. In her, Julian is a successful video game designer who lives tormented by a dark secret. When Diana appears in your life Julian The opportunity to be happy will feel close.
sour
Helena and Iván set out to build a new life in the cork oak forests, but their differing views on how to live on earth emerge, challenging their future as a couple. Yeah The beasts is a rural thriller, Suro can best be described as a drama set in a rural setting. The best? The interpretation of Vicky Luengo and a staging that is surprising to say the least.
wild sunflowers
Anna Castillo shines in Girasoles silvestre, a drama in which she plays Julia, a 22-year-old girl and mother of two who falls in love with Óscar, a troubled boy with whom she begins a relationship. Over time, Julia wonders if he is the person she needs by her side…
my emptiness and me
Another one of those indie films that doesn’t make a fuss, but won the Special Jury Prize (Biznaga de Plata) at the 2022 Malaga Festival. The story of raffiaa young androgynous and somewhat naive who moves to Barcelona, where she is diagnosed gender dysphoria. A long journey to assume its true identity, accompanied by doctors, colleagues, artists and men.
All the Spanish movies you find in this list share the same fact: its directors and directors wanted to leave the marked path and bet on transgression. And in many cases, they succeeded.