Errementari (2017)
7/10
Surprising and astonishing fantasy/horror film with psychotronic elements
24 November 2020
Devilishly entertaining and fun terror and touches of black comedy about a kid and a blacksmith who become involved in terrible situations. As a Blacksmith : Kandido Uranga has captured a nasty demon, but things go wrong when a little girl , without knowing his badness , releases him . Then , the Blacksmith is chased by the townfolk , and he finds himself at the end of a lynch mob that have come searching for the missing child . Not all tales always have a happy ending.

Errementari or El Herrero or Blacksmith is a retelling of an old fable about a Blacksmith who finds himself battling the Devil as well as saving a little girl from inferno. It contains fabulous effects specials, attractive production design, impressive make-up and wonderful, iconography from inferno , in fact, demons and other horrible figures are taken from Medieval paintings , frescoes , legends and old films as Haxan by Benjamin Christensen. The film is spoken in Basque language but due to its surprising great hit has been dubbed to a lot of languages to export all around the World . All cast give nice acting , however , being unknown , exception for Kandido Uranga who has starred various films , usually as a secondary and a brief role by Itziar Ituño , formerly the participation in Money Heist or La Casa De Papel.

It packs a colorful and sinister cinematography by Gorka Gómez Andreu. Being shot on location in various gorgeous woods from Basque Country as El Pobal , Ubide, Bizkaia, Agorregi, Vitoria-Gasteiz . The motion picture was competently directed by Paul Urkijo Alijo at his first one . It won several prizes and nominations such as : Winner Fantaspoa International Fantastic Film Festival to Artistuc contribution : Paul Urkijo. Grossman Fantastic Film and Wine Festival winner Best Film . San Sebastián Horror y Fantasy Film Festival Winner Best Feature . Goya Awards 20109 Nominee Best Specual Effects : Jon Serrano, David Heras .Motelx Festival International Lisboa de Cinema Terror Nominee Best European Feature Film Award, among others.
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