''Ants in the Mouth'' () is a 2005 Spanish-Cuban thriller film directed by
Mariano Barroso
Mariano Barroso (born 26 December 1959) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He has directed more than 20 films since 1982. His 1996 film '' Éxtasis'' was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival.
Since 9 June 2018, he ...
Ariadna Gil
Ariadna Gil i Giner (; born 23 January 1969) is a Spanish actress. She is known for her performances in films such as ''Belle Époque'' (for which she won the Goya Award for Best Actress), '' Black Tears'' and '' Pan's Labyrinth''.
Career
Gil ...
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Jorge Perugorría
Jorge Perugorría Rodríguez (aka "Pichi," born 13 August 1965) is a Cuban actor, film director and painter. He is well known for his part as Diego in '' Strawberry and Chocolate'' (original title in Spanish ''Fresa y chocolate'' (co-directed ...
The fiction is set in the late 1950s. Released from jail after spending 8 years in a Francoist prison, Martín moves to pre-revolutionary
Havana
Havana (; ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.
Cast
Production
Penned by
Mariano Barroso
Mariano Barroso (born 26 December 1959) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He has directed more than 20 films since 1982. His 1996 film '' Éxtasis'' was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival.
Since 9 June 2018, he ...
and Alejandro Hernández with the collaboration of Tom Abrams, the screenplay is an adaptation of the novel ''Amanecer con hormigas en la boca'' by Miguel Barroso, Mariano Barroso's elder brother. A Spanish-Cuban co-production, the film was produced by Drive Cine, Messidor Films and ICAIC with participation of TVE and
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Havana
Havana (; ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.
Release
''Ants in the Mouth'' premiered as the opening film of the 8th
Málaga Film Festival
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in April 2005. Distributed by Filmax, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 29 April 2005.
Reception
Jonathan Holland of ''
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'' deemed the film to be "a brooding, intense and shrewdly-plotted thriller set in 1950s Havana", featuring a "beautifully modulated" lead performance by Fernández, although, conversely, the reviewer assessed that Gil fails to turn "her ''
femme fatale
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Málaga Film Festival
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See also
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List of Spanish films of 2005
A list of Spanish-produced and co-produced feature films released in Spain in 2005. The theatrical release date is favoured.
Films
Box office
The ten highest-grossing Spanish films in 2005, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as fol ...