As I reached the final section of my free 30 days of Shudder,I spotted a Spanish cinema viewing challenge on ICM,which led to me checking round on Shudder and finding a Spanish Horror with a swift runtime, that caused me to explore the death of Anna Fritz.
View on the film:
Laying dead on a cold steel morgue table, Alba Ribas gives a incredibly raw performance as Fritz, whose frozen, anguished face is held by Ribas with the abuse inflicted upon Anna. Entering as three frat boys who clash from their first sighting of Anna's body, Cristian Valencia, Albert Carbo and Bernat Saumell give great turns as Ivan, Pau and Javi abrasively stand at utter odds with each other, from Valencia keeping Ivan on a short fuse, Caro pushing Pau round as the flunky, and Saumell running Javi as the guy trying to be the voice of reason to calm things down.
Bringing Fritz into the morgue as a background radio plays out her obituary, co-writer/(with Isaac P. Creus) director Hector Hernandez Vicens & cinematographer Ricard Canyellas place on the table a lean and mean Horror atmosphere, with Vicens and Canyellas stylishly using the one location for pristine wide-shots clean of any morals from the trio. Abusing Anna's body, Vicens carefully stays away from presenting the horrific acts in a overly indulgent, sleazy manner , by closing the camera in on tight close-ups to Fritz's innocent face as horrific abuse is inflicted on her.
Matching the limited location with just a handful of character, the screenplay by Vicens and Creus take the acts the guys do, and tightly twist the repercussions that unfold from their actions, bringing them at deadly odds with each other. Disrespecting Anna in life from her films and continuing to the most extreme level in her passing, the writers display a sharp twist which starkly confronts the trio of over what they did to the Anna.
View on the film:
Laying dead on a cold steel morgue table, Alba Ribas gives a incredibly raw performance as Fritz, whose frozen, anguished face is held by Ribas with the abuse inflicted upon Anna. Entering as three frat boys who clash from their first sighting of Anna's body, Cristian Valencia, Albert Carbo and Bernat Saumell give great turns as Ivan, Pau and Javi abrasively stand at utter odds with each other, from Valencia keeping Ivan on a short fuse, Caro pushing Pau round as the flunky, and Saumell running Javi as the guy trying to be the voice of reason to calm things down.
Bringing Fritz into the morgue as a background radio plays out her obituary, co-writer/(with Isaac P. Creus) director Hector Hernandez Vicens & cinematographer Ricard Canyellas place on the table a lean and mean Horror atmosphere, with Vicens and Canyellas stylishly using the one location for pristine wide-shots clean of any morals from the trio. Abusing Anna's body, Vicens carefully stays away from presenting the horrific acts in a overly indulgent, sleazy manner , by closing the camera in on tight close-ups to Fritz's innocent face as horrific abuse is inflicted on her.
Matching the limited location with just a handful of character, the screenplay by Vicens and Creus take the acts the guys do, and tightly twist the repercussions that unfold from their actions, bringing them at deadly odds with each other. Disrespecting Anna in life from her films and continuing to the most extreme level in her passing, the writers display a sharp twist which starkly confronts the trio of over what they did to the Anna.