{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox film | native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|Sin fin|nolink=yes}} | image = Not the End poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = {{ubl|César Esteban Alenda|José Esteban Alenda}} | screenplay = {{ubl|César Esteban Alenda|José Esteban Alenda}} | based_on = {{Based on|''Not the End'' (short film)}} | starring = {{ubl|María León|Javier Rey|Juan Carlos Sánchez|Paco Ochoa|Mari Paz Sayago}} | cinematography = Ángel Amorós | editing = César Esteban Alenda | music = Sergio de la Puente | country = Spain | language = Spanish | distributor = Filmax | studio = {{ubl|Producciones Transatlánticas|Solita Films|Elamedia}} | released = {{Film date|2018|04|19|Málaga|2018|10|31|Spain|df=yes}} }} '''''Not the End''''' ({{langx|es|'''Sin fin'''|translation=Without End|links=no}}) is a 2018 Spanish romantic fantasy drama film directed by César Esteban Alenda and José Esteban Alenda based on the 2014 short film of the same name which stars María León and Javier Rey.
== Plot == A scientist decides to travel back in time to rewrite life with his significant other back when they met for the first time.
== Cast == {{Cast listing| * Javier Rey as Javier<ref name="diariosur">{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariosur.es/festival-malaga/delicatessen-amor-regreso-20180419121552-nt.html|website=Diario Sur|title='Sin fin': una delicatessen de amor y regreso al futuro|date=19 April 2018|first=Francisco|last=Griñán|publisher=Grupo Vocento}}</ref> * María León as María<ref name="diariosur" /> * Juan Carlos Sánchez<ref name="fotogramas" /> * {{ill|Paco Ochoa|es}}<ref name="fotogramas" /> * {{ill|Mari Paz Sayago|es}}<ref name="fotogramas" /> }}
== Production == The film is a Producciones Transatlánticas, Solita Films, and Elamedia production.<ref name="fotogramas">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/a19467430/sin-fin-fecha-de-estreno-javier-rey-maria-leon/|website=Fotogramas|title='Sin fin': el romance futurista de María León y Javier Rey ya tiene fecha de estreno|date=28 May 2018|first=Juan|last=Silvestre}}</ref> It had backing and funding from TVE, Canal Sur, ICAA, Junta de Andalucía, the Madrid regional administration, and CreaSGR.<ref>{{Cite web|website=Audiovisual451|title=‘Sin Fin’ – estreno en cines 31 de octubre|date=30 October 2018|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/sin-fin-estreno-en-cines-31-de-octubre/}}</ref> Shooting locations included Conil de la Frontera.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.malagahoy.es/ocio/hermanos-Alenda-presentan-primer-largometraje_0_1159684060.html|website=Málaga Hoy|publisher=Grupo Joly|title=Los hermanos Alenda presentan su primer largometraje, 'Sin fin'|date=2 August 2017}}</ref>
== Release == The film was presented at the Málaga Film Festival on 19 April 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.malagahoy.es/ocio/Javier-Rey-Maria-Leon-protagonizan_0_1237676873.html|website=Málaga Hoy|publisher=Grupo Joly|title=Javier Rey y María León protagonizan 'Sin fin', una historia de amor y reencuentros|date=19 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diezminutos.es/teleprograma/programas-tv/a1983880/sin-fin-javier-rey-maria-leon/|website=Diez Minutos|title=El amor 'Sin fin' de Javier Rey y María León|date=20 April 2018}}</ref> Distributed by Filmax,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/series/los-duffer-espanoles-hermanos-showrunners-99034/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|title=Los Duffer españoles: hermanos y showrunners|date=6 February 2018|first=Diana|last=Arrastia}}</ref> it was released theatrically in Spain on 31 October 2018.
== Reception == Beatriz Martínez Gómez of ''Fotogramas'' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, highlighting the chemistry between Rey and León as the best thing about the film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a24466587/sin-fin-pelicula-critica/|website=Fotogramas|first=Beatriz|last=Martínez|title=Sin fin|date=31 October 2018}}</ref>
Luis Martínez of ''El Mundo'' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, highlighting the "brilliant" performances by León and Rey as the best thing about the film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/metropoli/cine/2018/10/31/5bd98ac3e2704e7e348b46a7.html|website=Metrópoli|via=El Mundo|first=Luis|last=Martínez|title=Sin fin: la inestable y algo afectada piel del tiempo|date=31 October 2023}}</ref>
{{ill|Jordi Costa|es}} of ''El País'' wrote that "at times the border between the sensitive and the corny becomes dilluted", otherwise considering that "the elegance of the denouement partially compensates for the [film's] falterings".<ref>{{Cite web|website=El País|first=Jordi|last=Costa|title=Contra el tiempo|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/11/01/actualidad/1541069470_164575.html|date=1 November 2018}}</ref>
== Accolades == {{Awards table|5}} |- | {{center|2018}} || 21st Málaga Film Festival || Silver Biznaga for Best Actor || Javier Rey || {{won}} || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/festival-de-malaga-2018-las-distancias-y-elena-trape-triunfan-en-el-certamen-andaluz-104837/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|title=Festival de Málaga 2018: 'Las distancias' y Elena Trapé triunfan en el certamen andaluz|date=21 April 2018}}</ref> |- | rowspan = "2" | {{center|2019}} || 6th Feroz Awards || Best Actor in a Film || Javier Rey || {{nom}} || <ref>{{Cite web|website=HuffPost|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.es/entry/la-lista-completa-de-ganadores-de-los-premios-feroz-2019_es_5c8a6313e4b0dd65d8eaf7e9.html|title=La lista completa de ganadores de los Premios Feroz 2019|date=19 January 2019|first=Marina|last=Prats}}</ref> |- | 33rd Goya Awards || Best New Director || César Esteban Alenda, José Esteban Alenda || {{nom}} || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariodesevilla.es/cine/Listado-ganadores-Premios-Goya-2019_0_1324367823.html|website=Diario de Sevilla|publisher=Grupo Joly|title=Listado completo de ganadores de los Premios Goya 2019|date=3 February 2019}}</ref> |}
== See also == * List of Spanish films of 2018
== References == {{reflist}}
Category:Films shot in the province of Cádiz Category:2010s fantasy drama films Category:2018 romantic drama films Category:Spanish romantic drama films Category:Spanish-language romantic drama films Category:2018 Spanish films Category:2018 Spanish-language films Category:2010s films about time travel Category:Features based on short films {{authority control}}