Jumping the Fence
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| Spanish | El salto |
| Directed by | Benito Zambrano |
| Written by | Flora González Villanueva |
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| Cinematography | Alex de Pablo |
| Edited by | Teresa Font |
| Music by | Pascal Gaigne |
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| Distributed by | Filmax |
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Jumping the Fence (Spanish: El salto) is a 2024 Spanish-French drama film directed by Benito Zambrano and written by Flora González Villanueva which stars Moussa Sylla, Edith Martínez-Val, Eric Nantchouang, and Nansi Nsue.
Plot
[edit | edit source]Ibrahim, an African irregular immigrant earning a living as a bricklayer in Madrid, 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 near Nador with a group of people seeking to jump the border fence to Melilla, including Aminata and Ousman.[1][2][3]
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Moussa Sylla as Ibrahim[4]
- Edith Martínez-Val as Aminata[4]
- Eric Nantchouang as Ousman[3]
- Nansi Nsue as Mariama[3]
- Vicky Peña as Hermana Marisa[4]
- Mariola Fuentes as Carmela[4]
- Vicenta N'Dongo as Elena Jiménez[4]
- Mari Paz Sayago[4]
- Norberto Trujillo[4]
- Justino Mendes[4]
Production
[edit | edit source]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.[2] It had the participation of ICAA, Orange, Movistar Plus+, RTVE, and Canal Sur.[5] Shooting locations included Madrid and Tenerife.[5]
Release
[edit | edit source]The film world premiered at the 27th Málaga Film Festival on 3 March 2024.[6] Distributed by Filmax,[7] it was released theatrically in Spain on 12 April 2024.[8]
Reception
[edit | edit source]Javier Ocaña of Cinemanía 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.[9]
Salvador Llopart of La Vanguardia rated the film 2 out of 5 stars, lamenting that "the protagonists turn out to be schematic ideas rather than real characters".[10]
Laura Pérez of Fotogramas 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".[11]
Carlos Boyero of El País lamented that "it took so long for the horror [of the ending] to arrive" (in which "everything is truthful and terrible" to him) [because] he found the film to be "easy and predictable" before.[12]
See also
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