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''Jumping the Fence'' () is a 2024 Spanish-French drama film directed by
Benito Zambrano Benito Zambrano ( Lebrija, 20 March 1965), is an awarded Spanish screenwriter and film director. His film '' Habana Blues'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. He studied at Escuela Internacional de Ci ...
and written by Flora González Villanueva which stars Moussa Sylla, Edith Martínez-Val, Eric Nantchouang, and Nansi Nsue.


Plot

Ibrahim, an African irregular immigrant earning a living as a
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in
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, is deported back to his native country. He attempts to get back to Spain to reunite with his pregnant partner Mariama. After travelling across the African continent, Ibrahim settles in the vicinity of the
Mount Gurugu Mount Gurugu (Jbel Gurugu, Massif de Gourougou, جبل_كوروكو,) is a Rural area, rural area in Morocco located almost entirely in the town of Bni Chiker near the province of Nador Province, Nador. The mountain is densely populated, with no ...
near
Nador Nador () is a coastal city and provincial capital in the northeastern Rif region of Morocco with a population of about 158,202 (2024 census). The Nador Province has over 600,000 inhabitants. Nador is considered the second largest city in the Ori ...
with a group of people seeking to jump the border fence to Melilla, including Aminata and Ousman.


Cast


Production

The film is a Spanish-French co-production by Cine 365 Films Canarias AIE, Cine365 Films Producciones Cinematográficas, Virtual Contenidos, Castelao Pictures and Noodles Productions. It had the participation of ICAA,
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, and
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. Shooting locations included
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and
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.


Release

The film world premiered at the
27th Málaga Film Festival The 27th Málaga Film Festival ran in Málaga, Spain from 1 to 10 March 2024. Background In October 2023, festival director Juan Antonio Vigar stated that the organization was seeking to thin the non-competitive slate of the festival's officia ...
on 3 March 2024. Distributed by
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, it was released theatrically in Spain on 12 April 2024.


Reception

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of ''
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'' rated the film 2½ out of 5 stars, writing that there were "little cinema and a lot of good intentions", while also assessing the film to be the worse picture so far of Zambrano's solid career. Salvador Llopart of ''
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'' rated the film 2 out of 5 stars, lamenting that "the protagonists turn out to be schematic ideas rather than real characters". Laura Pérez of ''
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'' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, assessing that it "is overly explanatory", but also writing that "it takes flight in the sequence of the fence jumping".
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of ''
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'' lamented that "it took so long for the horror f the endingto arrive" (in which "everything is truthful and terrible" to him) ecausehe found the film to be "easy and predictable" before.


See also

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List of Spanish films of 2024 A list of Spanish-produced and co-produced feature films released in Spain in 2024. When applicable, the domestic theatrical release date is favoured. Films Box office As of 29 December, the ten highest-grossing Spanish films in 2024, b ...


References

Films set in Morocco Films set in Madrid Spanish drama films Films shot in Madrid Films shot in the Canary Islands Films about immigration to Spain Films directed by Benito Zambrano 2020s Spanish films 2020s French films 2020s Spanish-language films 2024 drama films 2024 films {{authority control