Invader
Theatrical release poster
SpanishInvasor
Directed byDaniel Calparsoro
Screenplay by
Based onInvasor
by Fernando Marías
Produced by
  • Juan Gordon
  • Emma Lustres
  • Borja Pena
Starring
CinematographyDaniel Aranyó
Edited by
  • David Pinillos
  • Antonio Frutos
Music byLucas Vidal
Production
companies
  • Vaca Films
  • Morena Films
  • Mandarin Cinema
Distributed byBuena Vista International (es)
Release date
  • 30 November 2012 (2012-11-30) (Spain)
Countries
  • Spain
  • France
Languages
  • Spanish
  • English
  • Arabic

Invader (Spanish: Invasor) is a 2012 Spanish-French action thriller film directed by Daniel Calparsoro which stars Alberto Ammann, Antonio de la Torre, Karra Elejalde and Inma Cuesta. It is based on Fernando Marías's work Invasor.

Plot

Pablo, a Spanish military physician, suffers an attack in Iraq that leaves him badly wounded. Upon returning home with his wife Ángela and daughter Pilar, a recovering Pablo begins to cast doubt on the official version of the events.

Cast

Production

Based on the novel Invasor by Fernando Marías, the screenplay was penned by Javier Gullón and Jorge Arenillas.[1][4] The film was produced by Vaca Films and Morena Films in co-production with Mandarin, with the participation and collaboration of TVE, Canal+, Ono, TVG, and Xunta de Galicia.[5] The film was shot in Fuerteventura and Lanzarote (in the Canary Islands) as well as in A Coruña (Galicia).[5]

Release

Distributed by Buena Vista International,[1] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 30 November 2012.

Reception

Irene Crespo of Cinemanía rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, assessing the conspiracy-heavy film to "go all in in the action side and falling halfway in the thriller side", featuring "action scenes perfectly choreographed and sized to the needs of the story, making for an enjoyable time", with the story losing credibility as it delves into the protagonist's moral dilemmas.[6]

Pere Vall of Fotogramas rated the film 2 out of 5 stars, considering that the backdrop (involving plots and corruption) in which the mishaps of the protagonist take place is not sketched adequately enough, while citing some action scenes and the cast's soundness to be among the best things about the film.[7]

Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film—"a Spanish contribution to the burgeoning genre of Iraq-themed anti-war movies"—to be a "highly charged, good-looking but deeply flawed thriller about governmental spin".[1]

Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas scored 70 out of 100 points ("good"), considering the "fabulous" cinematography as well as the choice of camera shots to be the best things about the film, while singling out the film's failure to thrill (or convince) in its central section and the way information is provided to be the worst things about it.[8]

Accolades

Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
201327th Goya AwardsBest Adapted ScreenplayJavier Gullón, Jorge ArenillasNominated[9]
Best Supporting ActorAntonio de la TorreNominated
Best EditingAntonio Frutos, David PinillosNominated
Best SoundSergio Bürmann, Nicolás de Poulpiquet, James MuñozNominated
Best Special EffectsReyes Abades, Isidro JiménezNominated
11th Mestre Mateo AwardsBest Feature FilmNominated[10]
Best Supporting ActorAntonio de la TorreNominated
Karra ElejaldeNominated
Best Supporting ActressInma CuestaNominated
Best DirectionDaniel CalparsoroNominated
Best Art DirectionJuan Pedro de GasparNominated
Best ScreenplayJavier Gullón, Jorge ArenillasNominated
Best EditingAntonio Frutos, David PinillosWon
Best SoundSergio Bürmann, James Muñoz, Nicolás de PoulpiquetNominated
Best Makeup and HairstylesRaquel F. Fidalgo, Paco RodríguezNominated
Best Production SupervisionJordi BerenguerNominated

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Holland, Jonathan (24 October 2012). "Invader". Variety.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Caviaro, Juan Luis (30 November 2012). "Estrenos de cine | 30 de noviembre | Guardianes, invasores, capitalistas y un tigre". Espinof.
  3. ↑ "Invasor". HobbyConsolas. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  4. ↑ Barrado Timón, Mercedes (17 December 2012). ""'Invasor' trata de nuestra conciencia"". Hoy.
  5. 1 2 "Daniel Calparsoro concluye el rodaje de 'Invasor', con secuencias filmadas en A Coruña". 20minutos.es. 4 January 2012.
  6. ↑ Crespo, Irene (30 November 2012). "Invasor". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  7. ↑ Vall, Pere (17 September 2012). "Invasor. Para admiradores de los thrillers políticos". Fotogramas.
  8. ↑ Hernández Luján, Raquel (30 November 2012). "Crítica militar de Invasor". HobbyConsolas.
  9. ↑ "Invasor". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  10. ↑ "Palmarés" (PDF). Papeis da Academia Galega do Audiovisual. A Coruña: Academia Galega do Audiovisual: 62–77. ISBN 84-695-8515-0.
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