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{{Infobox film
| image = Anathema (film) poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|Anatema|nolink=yes}}
| director = Jimina Sabadú
| screenplay = {{ubl|Jimina Sabadú|[[Elio Quiroga]]}}
| producer = {{ubl|[[Álex de la Iglesia]]|[[Carolina Bang]]}}
| starring = {{ubl|[[Leonor Watling]]|[[Pablo Derqui]]|[[Jaime Ordóñez]]|Keren Hapuc|Juan Codina|Margarita Lascoiti|[[El Langui|Juan Manuel Montilla 'El Langui']]}}
| studio = {{ubl|Pokeepsie Films|The Fear Collection IV AIE}}
| cinematography = Luis Ángel Pérez
| music = Vanessa Garde
| distributor = [[Sony Pictures|Sony Pictures International Productions]]
| country = Spain
| language = Spanish
| released = {{Film date|2024|11|02|LBFF|2024|11|08|Spain|df=yes}}
}}
'''''Anathema'''''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://madridfilmoffice.com/en/the-city-of-madrid-was-the-setting-for-41-films-55-series-and-more-than-410-commercials-in-2023/|website=Madrid Film Office|publisher=[[Madrid Destino|Madrid Destino Cultura Turismo y Negocio S.A.]]|date=9 February 2024|title=The City of Madrid was the setting for 41 films, 55 series and more than 410 commercials in 2023}}</ref> ({{langx|es|'''Anatema'''|links=no}}) is a 2024 Spanish Gothic horror film directed by {{ill|Jimina Sabadú|es}} (in her directorial debut feature) and written by Sabadú and [[Elio Quiroga]]. It stars [[Leonor Watling]] alongside [[Pablo Derqui]], Keren Hapuc, and [[Jaime Ordóñez]].

== Plot ==
Acting on behalf of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madrid|Archdiocese]], hard-boiled [[Catholic nun|nun]] sor Juana gets into a church in [[El Madrid de los Austrias|Old Madrid]] built over a maze of underground passages, finding that Evil has taken root.<ref name="cineuropa">{{Cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/es/newsdetail/440499/|website=[[Cineuropa]]|title=Álex de la Iglesia produce Anatema, la ópera prima de Jimina Sabadú|date=29 March 2023|first=Alfonso|last=Rivera}}</ref>

== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Leonor Watling]] as Juana Rabadán<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.farodevigo.es/ocio/2024/10/16/leonor-watling-encarna-monja-terrorifica-109400774.html|website=[[Faro de Vigo]]|date=16 October 2024|first=Daniela|last=Marrero|title=Leonor Watling encarna a una monja en la terrorífica ‘Anatema’|publisher=[[Prensa Ibérica]]}}</ref>
* [[Pablo Derqui]] as padre Ángel<ref name="deia" /> ('father Ángel')
* Keren Hapuc<ref name="ep" />
* [[Jaime Ordóñez]]<ref name="ep" />
* Mauro Brussolo<ref name="ep" />
* {{ill|Mariano Llorente|es}}<ref name="ep" />
* [[Manuel de Blas]]<ref name="ep" />
* {{ill|Xoán Fórneas|es}}<ref name="ep" />
* Juan Codina<ref name="pokeepsiefilms" />
* {{ill|Margarita Lascoiti|es}}<ref name="pokeepsiefilms">{{Cite web|url=https://pokeepsiefilms.com/presentamos-el-trailer-oficial-de-la-pelicula-anatema/|title=ANATEMA se estrena el 8 de noviembre en cines|date=3 October 2024}}</ref>
* [[El Langui|Juan Manuel Montilla 'El Langui']]<ref name="pokeepsiefilms" />
}}

== Production ==
The screenplay was written by {{ill|Jimina Sabadú|es}} and [[Elio Quiroga]]. Sabadú stated that the film "is a story of Gothic horror with roots rooted in the most ancestral Madrid, that of passages and lost architectures".<ref name="cineuropa" /> The film is a Pokeepsie Films production, and it had the association of [[Sony Pictures International Productions]] and the participation of [[Prime Video]].<ref name="ep">{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/euskadi/noticia-rodaje-anatema-dirigida-jimina-sabadu-llega-bilbao-20230412194343.html|website=[[Europa Press (news agency)|Europa Press]]|date=12 April 2023|title=El rodaje de 'Anatema', dirigida por Jimina Sabadú, llega a Bilbao}}</ref> It was lensed by Luis Ángel Pérez.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cameraandlightmag.com/noticias/se-esta-rodando-anatema-el-tercer-titulo-de-the-fear-collection/|website=Camera and Light Mag|title=Se está rodando ‘Anatema’, el tercer título de The Fear Collection}}</ref> Shooting locations in [[Madrid]] and [[Bizkaia]] included [[Bilbao]] and the {{ill|Pozalagua Cave|es|Cueva de Pozalagua}} in [[Karrantza]].<ref name="deia">{{Cite web|url=https://www.deia.eus/cine-y-series/2023/07/20/anatema-peli-terror-gotico-bizkaia-7071260.html|website=[[Deia (newspaper)|Deia]]|first=Sara|last=Cabrera|date=20 July 2023|title=‘Anatema’, una peli de terror gótico con Bizkaia como uno de sus enclaves}}</ref>

== Release ==
The film was selected for a special screening at Tokyo's Latin Beat Film Festival (LBFF) on 2 November 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lbff.jp/|website=Latin Beat Film Festival|access-date=2 November 2024|title=特別企画上映. 11/2（土）、11/3（日）}}</ref> It is scheduled to be released theatrically in Spain on 8 November 2024.<ref name="ep" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/peliculas-espanolas-esperadas-2024-5204647/|website=[[Cinemanía]]|via=[[20minutos.es]]|date=29 December 2023|title=Las 20 películas españolas que más nos apetece ver en 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sonypictures.es/statics/NUEVO_CALENDARIO_DE_ESTRENOS_SONY_3fca8296d5.pdf|title=Calendario de estrenos Sony|access-date=26 September 2024|publisher=Sony Pictures España}}</ref>

== Reception ==
Carmen L. Lobo of ''[[La Razón (Madrid)|La Razón]]'' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, positively highlighting Watling's dedicated performance and the supernatural entities' looks, while negatively mentioning some somewhat jarring lines and mawkish ending.<ref>{{Cite web|website=[[La Razón (Madrid)|La Razón]]|url=https://www.larazon.es/cultura/critica-anatema-madrid-infierno_20241108672d70bb39a16c0001a5b6a9.html|title=Crítica de "Anatema": de Madrid al infierno ★★★|date=8 November 2024|first=Carmen L.|last=Lobo}}</ref>

Philipp Engel of ''[[Cinemanía]]'' rated the film 3½ out of 5 stars, writing that "all is well on its [[costumbrista]] side", which can be encapsulated in the phrase "blacker than [[Isabel Pantoja|Pantoja]]'s hair", pronounced by one of the characters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/critica-anatema-una-criaturas-infernales-tan-negra-como-pelo-pantoja-5651906/|website=[[Cinemanía]]|first=Philipp|last=Engel|title=Crítica de 'Anatema': una de criaturas infernales tan negra como el pelo de la Pantoja|date=7 November 2024}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of Spanish films of 2024]]

== References ==
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[[Category:2020s Spanish-language films]]
[[Category:2024 Spanish films]]
[[Category:2024 directorial debut films]]
[[Category:2020s supernatural horror films]]
[[Category:2024 horror films]]
[[Category:2024 films]]
[[Category:Spanish-language horror films]]
[[Category:Films about Catholic nuns]]
[[Category:Gothic horror films]]
[[Category:Spanish haunted house films]]
[[Category:Films set in Madrid]]
[[Category:Films shot in Madrid]]
[[Category:Films shot in the Basque Country (autonomous community)]]
[[Category:Sony Pictures films]]
[[Category:Pokeepsie Films films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Bilbao]]
[[Category:Spanish supernatural horror films]]
[[Category:Spanish religious horror films]]

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