Dismantling an Elephant
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{{Infobox film
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|Desmontando un elefante|nolink=yes}}
| image = Dismantling an Elephant poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Aitor Echeverría
| screenplay = {{ubl|Aitor Echeverría|Pep Garrido}}
| producer = {{ubl|Ibon Cormenzana|Ignasi Estapé|Sandra Tapia Díaz|Ángel Durández}}
| cinematography = Pau Castejón
| editing = Sofi Escudé
| starring = {{ubl|Emma Suárez|Natalia de Molina|Darío Grandinetti|Alba Guilera}}
| country = {{ubl|Spain|France}}
| studio = {{ubl|Arcadia Motion Pictures|Pegaso Pictures AIE|Noodles Production}}
| language = Spanish
| distributor = Filmax ({{Tooltip|{{Smallcaps|es}}|Spain}})
| released = {{Film date|2024|11|09|Seville|2025|01|10|Spain|df=yes}}
}}
Dismantling an Elephant ({{langx|es|Desmontando un elefante|links=no}}){{Cite web|website=mardelplatafilmfest.com|url=https://www.mardelplatafilmfest.com/39/es/pelicula/desmontando-un-elefante|access-date=24 November 2024|title=Desmontando un elefante}} is a 2024 drama film directed by Aitor Echeverría starring Emma Suárez and Natalia de Molina alongside Darío Grandinetti and Alba Guilera.
Plot
Recovering alcoholic architect Marga returns home after a spell in a detox centre, upending her younger daughter Blanca's career aspirations as a professional dancer.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Emma Suárez as Marga{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20241028/rtvees-estrena-trailer-desmontando-a-elefante-con-emma-suarez-natalia-molina/16306234.shtml|website=rtve.es|date=28 October 2024|title=RTVE.es estrena el tráiler de 'Desmontando un elefante', con Emma Suárez y Natalia de Molina}}
- Natalia de Molina as Blanca
- Darío Grandinetti as Félix{{Cite web|url=https://www.aisge.es/los-estrenos-del-10-de-enero-desmontando-un-elefante|website=Aisge|date=7 January 2025|first=Alberto|last=Úbeda-Portugués|title=Los estrenos del 10 de enero. 'Desmontando un elefante'. Adicción silenciosa}}
- Alba Guilera as María
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Production
The film was produced by Arcadia Motion Pictures alongside Pegaso Pictures AIE and Noodles Production. Filming began in Barcelona on 26 May 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.academiadecine.com/2023/05/29/desmontando-un-elefante/|website=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España|title=Desmontando un elefante|date=29 May 2023}} Shooting locations in Barcelona included the 'Granel' centre for performing arts and a house/architecture office in Sant Gervasi. Barcelona also stood in for the fictional setting of Bordeaux.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/que-hacer/planes/20250114/lugares-barcelona-casa-desmontando-un-elefante-113348244|website=El Periódico de Catalunya|title=¿En qué lugares de Barcelona se rodó 'Desmontando un elefante', con Emma Suárez y Natalia de Molina? |date=14 January 2025|first=Juan Manuel|last=Freire|publisher=Prensa Ibérica}}
Release
The film premiered at the 21st Seville European Film Festival on 9 November 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elcorreoweb.es/cultura/2024/11/09/acostumbrada-vivir-dia-trabajar-meses-111543897.html|website=El Correo de Andalucía|date=9 November 2024|first=David|last=Saavedra|title="Estoy acostumbrada a vivir al día, a no saber si voy a trabajar dentro de dos meses"}} It also made it to the 'Panorama' strand of the 39th Mar del Plata International Film Festival.{{Cite web|website=Andalucía Información|url=https://andaluciainformacion.es/malaga/1817647/desmontando-un-elefante-se-estrenara-el-10-de-enero-tras-su-premio-en-sevilla/|title=Desmontando un elefante se estrenará el 10 de enero tras su premio en Sevilla|date=19 November 2024}} Distributed by Filmax, it is scheduled to be released theatrically in Spain on 10 January 2025.
Reception
Alfonso Rivera of Cineuropa wrote that Echeverría opted for "a cold, collected, elegant and distant form of mise-en-scène".{{Cite web|website=Cineuropa|first=Alfonso|last=Rivera|date=19 November 2024|title=Review: Dismantling an Elephant|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/470168}}
Accolades
{{Awards table|5}}
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| {{center|2025}} || 4th Carmen Awards || Best Actress || Natalia de Molina || {{nom}} || {{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/noticia-solos-noche-15-nominaciones-rita-14-encabezan-iv-premios-carmen-cine-andaluz-20241217144313.html|website=Europa Press|date=19 December 2024|title='Solos en la noche', con 15 nominaciones, y 'Rita', con 14, encabezan los IV Premios Carmen del Cine Andaluz}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/espana/andalucia/cordoba/cordoba-brilla-premios-carmen-encumbran-segundo-premio-20250202013533-nts.html|website=ABC|first=Alfredo|last=Martín-Gorriz|date=2 February 2025|title=Córdoba brilla en unos Premios Carmen que encumbran a 'Segundo premio', 'Rita' y '¿Es el enemigo?'}}
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