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Devil Dog Road

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Devil Dog Road
Film poster
SpanishLo carga el diablo
Directed byGuillermo Polo
Screenplay by
  • Guillermo Polo
  • David Pascual
  • Guillermo Guerrero
  • Vicente Peñarocha
Starring
CinematographyPablo G. Gallego
Edited by
  • Ernesto Arnal
  • Vicente Ibañez
  • Óscar Santamaría
Music byPablo Croissier
Production
companies
  • Los Hermanos Polo Films
  • Japónica Films
  • Volcano Films
  • Batiak Films
Distributed byBegin Again Films
Release date
  • 10 April 2024 (2024-04-10) (MFF)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Devil Dog Road (Spanish: Lo carga el diablo) is a 2024 Spanish black comedy road movie directed by Guillermo Polo in his directorial debut feature. It stars Pablo Molinero and Mero González.

Plot

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With the prospect of earning €20,000, middling writer Tristán agrees on fullfilling his conflictive brother Simón's death wish of transporting his dead body from Avilés to Benidorm, enlisting the help of teenager Álex.[1][2]

Cast

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Production

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The film was produced by Los Hermanos Polo Films, Japónica Films, Volcano Films, and Batiak Films, with the participation of À Punt and the backing from Gobierno de Canarias and the support of IVC [ca].[5] It had a budget of around €750,000.[6] Shooting locations included Tenerife, the provinces of Valencia and Alicante, and Aragon.[5]

Release

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For its world premiere on 10 April 2024, the film made it to the slate of the 41st Miami Film Festival (MFF).[5][7] It also screened as the opening film of the 39th Cinema Jove [es] festival in June 2024[3] and was included in the 'Castilla y León en largo' programme of the 69th Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci).[8]

Reception

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Alfonso Rivera of Cineuropa billed the film as "a trippy, colourful road movie, halfway between comic and US indie film, but at the same time just as Iberian as a Bigas Luna flick".[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Madueño, Teresa (20 June 2024). "'Lo carga el diablo': los fantasmas nunca mueren". Valencia Plaza.
  2. ^ a b "Guillermo Polo debuta con la 'road movie' ibérica 'Lo carga el diablo': "Como ópera prima es un poco suicida"". Europa Press. 20 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Rivera, Alfonso (26 June 2024). "Review: Devil Dog Road". Cineuropa.
  4. ^ a b c d "Lo carga el diablo". seminci.com. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  5. ^ a b c "'Lo carga el diablo', de Guillermo Polo, seleccionado en el Festival de Cine de Miami". Valencia Plaza. 4 April 2024.
  6. ^ Moreira, Marta (27 October 2022). "En el rodaje de 'Lo carga el diablo', la película de humor negro que quiere realzar la belleza del casticismo español". Valencia Plaza.
  7. ^ Markowitz, Douglas (6 March 2024). "Here's the Complete Miami Film Festival 2024 Lineup". Miami New Times.
  8. ^ "El cine de Castilla y León asoma la cabeza en Seminci con dos largos y siete cortos". Diario de Valladolid. 26 September 2024.