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* [[Alex Brendemühl]]
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* [[Verónica Echegui]]
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* Pablo Molinero
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* Josh Climent
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* Claudia Riera
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'''''The Offering''''' ({{lang-ca|'''L'ofrena'''|links=no}}) is a 2020 Spanish thriller drama film directed by Ventura Durall which stars Anna Alarcón, [[Alex Brendemühl]], and [[Verónica Echegui]] alongside Pablo Molinero, Josh Climent, and Claudia Riera. It is primarily shot in [[Catalan language|Catalan]].
'''''The Offering''''' ({{langx|ca|'''L'ofrena'''|links=no}}) is a 2020 Spanish thriller drama film directed by Ventura Durall which stars Anna Alarcón, [[Alex Brendemühl]], and [[Verónica Echegui]] alongside Pablo Molinero, Josh Climent, and [[Claudia Riera]]. It is primarily shot in [[Catalan language|Catalan]].


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
A married [[psychiatrist]] (Violeta) meets with a patient (Rita), a [[porn actress]] who was in a relationship with Jan, Violeta's childhood flirt who marked her life. Rita reveals Violeta that Jan is still obssessed with her after decades, willing to ammend his past mistakes with Violeta. The plot features two timelines, one in the present time, and a past one featuring young Violeta and Jan.<ref name="efdezsantos" /><ref name="aller" /><ref name="hoad" />
A married [[psychiatrist]] (Violeta) meets with a patient (Rita), a [[porn actress]] who was in a relationship with Jan, Violeta's childhood flirt who marked her life. Rita reveals Violeta that Jan is still obsessed with her after decades, willing to amend his past mistakes with Violeta. The plot features two timelines, one in the present time, and a past one featuring young Violeta and Jan.<ref name="efdezsantos" /><ref name="aller" /><ref name="hoad" />


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|
{{Cast listing|
* Anna Alarcón as Violeta
* {{ill|Anna Alarcón|ca}} as Violeta
* [[Alex Brendemühl]] as Jan
* [[Alex Brendemühl]] as Jan
* [[Verónica Echegui]] as Rita
* [[Verónica Echegui]] as Rita
* {{ill|Pablo Molinero|es}} as Violeta's husband<ref name="aisge">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aisge.es/los-estrenos-del-18-de-septiembre-la-ofrenda|website=Aisge|date=17 September 2020|first=Alberto|last=Úbeda-Portugués|title=Los estrenos del 18 de septiembre, ‘L'ofrena’ (La ofrenda). Las heridas del amor}}</ref>
* [[Pablo Molinero]] as Violeta's husband<ref name="aisge">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aisge.es/los-estrenos-del-18-de-septiembre-la-ofrenda|website=Aisge|date=17 September 2020|first=Alberto|last=Úbeda-Portugués|title=Los estrenos del 18 de septiembre, 'L'ofrena' (La ofrenda). Las heridas del amor}}</ref>
* Josh Climent as young Jan<ref name="aisge" />
* Josh Climent as young Jan<ref name="aisge" />
* {{ill|Claudia Riera|es}} as young Violeta<ref name="aisge" />
* [[Claudia Riera]] as young Violeta<ref name="aisge" />
}}
}}

== Production ==
== Production ==
The screenplay was penned by Ventura Durall alongside {{ill|Guillem Sala|es}}, Sandra Beltrán, and [[Clara Roquet]].<ref name="aller">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/a30960797/la-ofrenda-trailer-veronica-echegui-alex-brendemuhl-anna-alarcon/|website=[[Fotogramas]]|first=María|last=Aller|date=17 February 2020|title='La ofrenda': tráiler en exclusiva de la película protagonizada por Verónica Echegui, Àlex Àlex Brendemühl y Anna Alarcón}}</ref> The film is a Nanouk Films, Fasten Films, Suica Films and Bord Cadre Films production,<ref name="goya">{{Cite web|access-date=16 August 2022|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/lofrena|publisher=[[Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España]]|website=[[Goya Awards|premiosgoya.com]]|title=L'ofrena}}</ref> with funding from [[ICAA (Spain)|ICAA]], {{ill|ICEC (Catalonia)|ca|Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals|lt=ICEC}}, and IVAC, and in association with [[TV3 (Catalonia)|TV3]].<ref name="a451">{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/la-ofrenda-estreno-en-cines-18-de-septiembre/|website=Audiovisual451|title=‘La ofrenda’ – estreno en cines 18 de septiembre|date=18 September 2020}}</ref> It was shot in [[Barcelona]] and the [[Valencian Community|Valencia region]] (including the [[Serra d'Irta]], [[Sagunto]], and [[Buñol]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/4384255/0/ventura-durall-estrena-l-ofrena-un-thriller-psicologico-que-ahonda-en-la-culpa-y-el-perdon/|website=[[20minutos.es]]|date=17 September 2020|title=Ventura Durall estrena L'Ofrena, un thriller psicológico que ahonda en la culpa y el perdón}}</ref>
The screenplay was penned by Ventura Durall alongside {{ill|Guillem Sala|es}}, Sandra Beltrán, and [[Clara Roquet]].<ref name="aller">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/a30960797/la-ofrenda-trailer-veronica-echegui-alex-brendemuhl-anna-alarcon/|website=[[Fotogramas]]|first=María|last=Aller|date=17 February 2020|title='La ofrenda': tráiler en exclusiva de la película protagonizada por Verónica Echegui, Àlex Àlex Brendemühl y Anna Alarcón}}</ref> The film is a Nanouk Films, Fasten Films, Suica Films and Bord Cadre Films production,<ref name="goya">{{Cite web|access-date=16 August 2022|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/lofrena|publisher=[[Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España]]|website=[[Goya Awards|premiosgoya.com]]|title=L'ofrena}}</ref> with funding from [[ICAA (Spain)|ICAA]], {{ill|ICEC (Catalonia)|ca|Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals|lt=ICEC}}, and IVAC, and in association with [[TV3 (Catalonia)|TV3]].<ref name="a451">{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/la-ofrenda-estreno-en-cines-18-de-septiembre/|website=Audiovisual451|title='La ofrenda' – estreno en cines 18 de septiembre|date=18 September 2020}}</ref> It was shot in [[Barcelona]] and the [[Valencian Community|Valencia region]] (including the [[Serra d'Irta]], [[Sagunto]], and [[Buñol]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/4384255/0/ventura-durall-estrena-l-ofrena-un-thriller-psicologico-que-ahonda-en-la-culpa-y-el-perdon/|website=[[20minutos.es]]|date=17 September 2020|title=Ventura Durall estrena L'Ofrena, un thriller psicológico que ahonda en la culpa y el perdón}}</ref>


== Release ==
== Release ==
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== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 16:27, 21 October 2024

The Offering
Catalan theatrical release poster
CatalanL'ofrena
Directed byVentura Durall
Screenplay by
Starring
CinematographyAlex García
Edited byMarc Roca
Music byAlberto R. Lucendo
Production
companies
  • Nanouk Films
  • Fasten Films
  • Suica Films
  • Bord Cadre Films
Distributed byAlfa Pictures
Release dates
  • 23 August 2020 (2020-08-23) (Málaga)
  • 18 September 2020 (2020-09-18) (Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageCatalan

The Offering (Catalan: L'ofrena) is a 2020 Spanish thriller drama film directed by Ventura Durall which stars Anna Alarcón, Alex Brendemühl, and Verónica Echegui alongside Pablo Molinero, Josh Climent, and Claudia Riera. It is primarily shot in Catalan.

Plot

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A married psychiatrist (Violeta) meets with a patient (Rita), a porn actress who was in a relationship with Jan, Violeta's childhood flirt who marked her life. Rita reveals Violeta that Jan is still obsessed with her after decades, willing to amend his past mistakes with Violeta. The plot features two timelines, one in the present time, and a past one featuring young Violeta and Jan.[1][2][3]

Cast

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Production

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The screenplay was penned by Ventura Durall alongside Guillem Sala [es], Sandra Beltrán, and Clara Roquet.[2] The film is a Nanouk Films, Fasten Films, Suica Films and Bord Cadre Films production,[5] with funding from ICAA, ICEC [ca], and IVAC, and in association with TV3.[6] It was shot in Barcelona and the Valencia region (including the Serra d'Irta, Sagunto, and Buñol).[7]

Release

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The film was presented at the 23rd Málaga Film Festival on 23 August 2020.[8] Distributed by Alfa Pictures,[6] it was theatrically released in Spain on 18 September 2020.

Reception

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Jordi Batlle Caminal of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, highlighting an "extremely committed" Echegui, playing a "complex and difficult character", as the best thing about the film, while citing the lack of plausibility in some of the characters' attitudes as a negative point.[9]

Beatriz Martínez of El Periódico de Catalunya rated The Offering 3 out of 5 stars, considering that the film (featuring an intensity "bordering on Greek-tragedy levels" and a group of actors "working their tails off") is worth watching insofar the viewer be able to get involved in the depicted "swirl of obsessions and guilt", even though the experience may be erratic.[10]

Phil Hoad of The Guardian rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, lamenting that the "torrid and sophisticated story", "wrapped in Hitchcockian shadow, fascinated by questions of identity, desire and time" is limited by a "humdrum televisual ambience that's a bit unsatisfying".[3]

Elsa Fernández-Santos of El País assessed that despite some flashes and a "certain suspense in its erotic voltage", everything in the film is subject to its "absurd writing".[1]

Rubén Romero Santos of Cinemanía rated the film 3½ out of 5 stars, considering that, despite its beginning, the film veers towards a more conventional drama about the need for forgiveness, with the ability to create an unhealthy tension being the film's most relevant feature alongside the "magnetic" performance by Riera.[11]

Accolades

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Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2021 13th Gaudí Awards Best Film Nominated [12]
Best Actress Anna Alarcón Nominated
Best Actor Alex Brendemühl Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Verónica Echegui Won

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Fernández-Santos, Elsa (18 September 2020). "Pasión mortífera". El País.
  2. ^ a b Aller, María (17 February 2020). "'La ofrenda': tráiler en exclusiva de la película protagonizada por Verónica Echegui, Àlex Àlex Brendemühl y Anna Alarcón". Fotogramas.
  3. ^ a b Hoad, Phil (27 July 2021). "The Offering review – a sizzling Hitchcockian love triangle". The Guardian.
  4. ^ a b c Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (17 September 2020). "Los estrenos del 18 de septiembre, 'L'ofrena' (La ofrenda). Las heridas del amor". Aisge.
  5. ^ "L'ofrena". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  6. ^ a b "'La ofrenda' – estreno en cines 18 de septiembre". Audiovisual451. 18 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Ventura Durall estrena L'Ofrena, un thriller psicológico que ahonda en la culpa y el perdón". 20minutos.es. 17 September 2020.
  8. ^ San Martín, Claudia (24 August 2020). "Una oferta de cine inagotable". Diario Sur.
  9. ^ Batlle Caminal, Jordi (17 September 2020). "Crítica de 'La ofrenda'. Para exploradores de las zonas secretas de nuestras relaciones sentimentales". Fotogramas.
  10. ^ Martínez, Beatriz (17 September 2020). "'La ofrenda': laberinto de pasiones". El Periódico de Catalunya.
  11. ^ Romero Santos, Rubén (14 September 2020). "L'Ofrena". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  12. ^ "Consulteu tots els guanyadors de la tretzena edició dels premis Gaudí". VilaWeb. 21 March 2021.
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