{{Short description|2022 thriller drama film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox film | image = Staring at Strangers poster.jpg | alt = Theatrical release poster | based_on = {{Based on|''Desde la sombra''|Juan José Millás}} | caption = Theatrical release poster | native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|No mires a los ojos|nolink=y}} | director = Félix Viscarret | producer = Gerardo Herrero | writer = {{Plain list| * Félix Viscarret * David Muñoz }} | starring = {{Plain list| * Paco León * Leonor Watling * Àlex Brendemühl * María Romanillos * Susana Abaitua * Juan Diego Botto * Marcos Ruiz }} | music = Mikel Salas | cinematography = Álvaro Gutiérrez | editing = Victoria Lammers | production_companies = {{Plain list| * Tornasol * Desde la Sombra Árbol A.I.E. * Entre Chien et Loup }} | distributor = Universal Pictures International Spain | runtime = | country = {{Plain list| * Spain * Belgium }} | released = {{Film date|2022|10|22|Seminci|2022|11|04|df=yes|Spain}} | language = Spanish | budget = | gross = }} '''''Staring at Strangers''''' ({{langx|es|'''No mires a los ojos'''|links=no}},<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/icaa-justspainted-winterspring-2022-ok-lowres-.pdf|publisher=ICAA|via=Audiovisual451|access-date=21 April 2022|title=Just Spainted. Winter/Spring 2022. New Spanish Films|page=120}}</ref> known early in the production stage as '''''From the Shadows'''''; {{lang|es|Desde la sombra}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariodenavarra.es/noticias/cultura-ocio/cultura/2021/11/25/cinco-empresas-unen-crear-factoria-cine-berrioplano-508711-1034.html|website=Diario de Navarra|title=Cinco empresas se unen para crear una factoría de cine en Berrioplano|date=25 November 2021|first=Ion|last=Stegmeier}}</ref> is a 2022 Spanish-Belgian thriller drama film directed by Félix Viscarret adapting the Juan José Millás' novel ''Desde la sombra''. Its cast is led by Paco León, Leonor Watling, Àlex Brendemühl and María Romanillos.
== Plot == Damián has just been fired after 20 years working in the same company. His furious and somewhat violent reaction leads him to run to escape from his boss and hide from him in the first place he finds when leaving the office: a closet loaded into the van. The closet with Damián inside is delivered to the house of Lucía and Fede, a couple who lives with their daughter, María. That same night, an unexpected impulse leads Damián to stay with the family to become a mysterious presence that he will observe and move from the shadows.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtve.es/television/20210208/felix-viscarret-rueda-desde-sombra-basada-novela-juan-jose-millas/2073379.shtml|website=rtve|language=es|title=Félix Viscarret rueda 'Desde la sombra', basada en la novela de Juan José Millás|first=Jesús|last=Jiménez|date=8 February 2021|access-date=26 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elcorreo.com/butaca/en-rodaje/leonor-watling-paco-20210205174209-ntrc.html|website=El Correo|title=Leonor Watling y Paco León ruedan 'Desde la sombra'|date=5 February 2021|access-date=26 October 2021|language=es|archive-date=12 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212134712/https://www.elcorreo.com/butaca/en-rodaje/leonor-watling-paco-20210205174209-ntrc.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> From then on, Damián becomes the family's guardian angel.<ref name="hopewell" />
== Cast == {{Cast list| * Paco León as Damián<ref name=fotogramas>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.pressreader.com/spain/fotogramas/20210226/282510071290133|website=Fotogramas|title=La grata vida soñada de los desconocidos|date=26 February 2021|language=es|access-date=26 October 2021}}</ref> * Leonor Watling as Lucía<ref name=fotogramas /> * Àlex Brendemühl as Fede<ref name=fotogramas /> * María Romanillos as María<ref name="bescos" /> * Susana Abaitua as Paula<ref name="dsevilla" /> * Juan Diego Botto as Sergio O'Kane<ref name="dsevilla" /> * Iñaki Gabilondo as himself<ref name="dsevilla">{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariodesevilla.es/sevilla/invitamos-prestreno-proximo-octubre-Sevilla_0_1730828464.html|website=Diario de Sevilla|publisher=Grupo Joly|date=20 October 2022|title=Te invitamos al preestreno de 'No mires a los ojos' el próximo 25 de octubre en Sevilla}}</ref> * {{ill|Marcos Ruiz (actor)|es|Marcos Ruiz|lt=Marcos Ruiz}}<ref name=fotogramas /> }}
== Production == An adaptation of Juan José Millás' novel ''Desde la sombra'', the film was penned by {{ill|Félix Viscarret|es}} (the director) alongside David Muñoz.<ref name="eldiario" /><ref name="hopewell">{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/global/felix-viscarret-paco-leon-leonor-watling-from-the-shadows-1234842013/|website=Variety|first=John|last=Hopewell|date=30 November 2020|access-date=26 October 2021|title='Patria' Director Felix Viscarret to Direct Paco Leon, Leonor Watling in 'From the Shadows' (Exclusive)}}</ref> It is a joint Spanish-Belgian international co-production, produced by Tornasol and Desde la Sombra Árbol A.I.E., alongside Entre Chien et Loup, with the participation of RTVE and Movistar+.<ref name="a451">{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/felix-viscarret-rueda-en-pamplona-su-nuevo-largometraje-desde-la-sombra/|website=Audiovisual451|access-date=26 October 2021|language=es|date=3 February 2021|title=Félix Viscarret rueda en Pamplona su nuevo largometraje 'Desde la sombra'}}</ref> Shooting began in January 2021 in Pamplona,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariodenavarra.es/noticias/cultura-ocio/cultura/2021/01/19/felix-viscarret-inicia-rodaje-pamplona-desde-sombra-714506-1034.html|website=Diario de Pamplona|title=Félix Viscarret inicia el rodaje en Pamplona de 'Desde la sombra'|date=19 January 2021|access-date=26 October 2021|language=es}}</ref> and it had already wrapped in March 2021.<ref name="eldiario">{{Cite web|url=https://www.eldiario.es/cultura/felix-viscarret-adapta-millas-realidad-lado-espejo_1_7289488.html|website=eldiario.es|title=Félix Viscarret adapta a Millás y su realidad desde el "otro lado del espejo"|date=9 March 2021|access-date=26 October 2021|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/adaptaciones-literarias-i-proximas-peliculas-espanolas-inspiradas-en-novelas/|website=Audiovisual451|language=es|title=Adaptaciones literarias (I): próximas películas españolas inspiradas en novelas|date=17 March 2021}}</ref>
== Release == ''Staring at Strangers'' had its world premiere as the opening film of the 67th Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) on 22 October 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://diariodevalladolid.elmundo.es/articulo/valladolid/paco-leon-aborda-nuevos-tonos-interpretativos-mires-ojos-ojala-sea-inflexion-carrera/20221022180025437377.html|website=Diario de Valladolid|title=Paco León aborda nuevos tonos interpretativos en 'No mires a los ojos': "Ojalá sea una inflexión en mi carrera"|date=22 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|publisher=Grupo Godó|url=https://www.mundodeportivo.com/elotromundo/television/20220901/1001860296/mires-ojos-protagonizada-paco-leon-inaugurara-festival-cine-valladolid-dct.html|website=Mundo Deportivo|date=1 September 2022|title='No mires a los ojos', protagonizada por Paco León, inaugurará el Festival de Cine de Valladolid}}</ref> It is set for a 4 November 2022 theatrical release in Spain.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/g39685867/peliculas-espanolas-2022/|website=Fotogramas|first=María|last=Aller|date=26 April 2022|access-date=8 June 2022|title=Las películas españolas que llegarán en 2022}}</ref> Upon the film's release, lead actor Paco León described his character as "nearly Galician" to imply the character's introverted nature (in a deviation from the actor's traditional comedy roles), ensuingly eliciting controversy and public scrutiny.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.atlantico.net/articulo/tendencias/paco-leon/20221104125947949331.html|website=Atlántico|title=Paco León la lía al calificar a su último personaje como "casi gallego"|date=4 November 2022}}</ref>
== Reception == Beatriz Martínez of ''El Periódico de Catalunya'' rated the "strange and risky" ''Staring at Strangers'' film 4 out of 5 stars, otherwise pointing out how it is a picture "full of findings, twists, and turns" in which the spectators somehow all become voyeurs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cultura/20221103/critica-pelicula-no-mires-a-los-ojos-paco-leon-felix-viscarret-78067890|website=El Periódico de Catalunya|first=Beatriz|last=Martínez|date=3 November 2022|title='No mires a los ojos': Paco León, un fantasma en mi armario}}</ref>
Andrea G. Bermejo of ''Cinemanía'' rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, bringing attention to Leonor Watling "in the best role of her career".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/critica-de-no-mires-a-los-ojos-5072997/|title=Crítica de 'No mires a los ojos'|date=31 October 2022|first=Andrea G.|last=Bermejo|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es}}</ref>
María Bescós of ''HobbyConsolas'' rated ''Staring at Strangers'' with 73 points ("good"), writing that it "is a feature film with a very unpleasant protagonist, who constantly puts you in uncomfortable situations, making you wonder about the reason for his crazy situations" which "manages to oppress and intrigue you until it ends".<ref name="bescos">{{Cite web|website=HobbyConsolas|first=María|last=Bescós|date=31 October 2022|url=https://www.hobbyconsolas.com/reviews/critica-no-mires-ojos-nueva-pelicula-felix-viscarret-paco-leon-1146941|title=Crítica de No mires a los ojos, una película con Paco León en su papel más desagradable}}</ref>
== Accolades == {{Awards table|5}} |- | rowspan = "3" align = "center" | 2023 || 2nd Carmen Awards || Best Actor || Paco León || {{nom}} || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/5/vivir/249096/controverso-opta-a-dos-carmen-que-anuncian-sus-candidatos-desde-almeria|website=La Voz de Almería|title='Controverso' opta a dos Carmen, que anuncian sus candidatos desde Almería|date=14 December 2022|first=Evaristo|last=Martínez}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ideal.es/culturas/almeria/modelo-triunfa-carmen-20230205014104-nt.html|website=Ideal|publisher=Grupo Vocento|date=5 February 2023|title=Modelo 77 triunfa en los Carmen: Así ha quedado el palmarés}}</ref> |- | 78th CEC Medals || Best Adapted Screenplay || David Muñoz, Félix Viscarret || {{nom}} || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cineconn.es/nominaciones-a-las-medallas-cec-2023/|website=Cine con Ñ|title='As bestas' y 'Cinco lobitos', las más nominadas a las Medallas CEC|date=15 December 2022}}</ref> |- | 37th Goya Awards || Best Adapted Screenplay || David Muñoz, Félix Viscarret || {{nom}} || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cadenaser.com/nacional/2023/02/12/ganadores-de-los-premios-goya-2023-lista-completa-de-premiados-en-la-gala-cadena-ser/|website=Cadena SER|date=12 February 2023|title=Ganadores de los Premios Goya 2023: lista completa de premiados en la gala}}</ref> |}
== See also == * List of Spanish films of 2022
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