{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox film | image = Subsuelo poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Fernando Franco | screenplay = {{ubl|Fernando Franco|Begoña Arostegui}} | starring = {{ubl|Julia Martínez|Diego Garisa|Nacho Sánchez|Iñigo de la Iglesia|Montse Díez|Itzan Escamilla|Sonia Almarcha}} | based_on = {{ubl|''Subsuelo''|Marcelo Luján}} | studio = {{ubl|Lazona| Kowalski Films|Ferdydurke Films|Blizzard Films AIE}} | producer = {{ubl|Koldo Zuazua|Gonzalo Salazar-Simpson|Fernando Franco}} | editing = Miguel Doblado | music = Maite Arroitajauregi Aranburu | distributor = LaZona Pictures | country = {{ubl|Spain|Uruguay}} | language = Spanish | released = {{Film date|2025|10|25|Seminci|df=yes|2025|11|07|Spain}} | cinematography = Santiago Racaj }} '''''Subsuelo''''' is a 2025 psychological thriller film directed by Fernando Franco and co-written by Begoña Arostegui based on the novel ''{{ill|Subsuelo (novel)|es|Subsuelo (novela)|lt=Subsuelo}}'' by {{ill|Marcelo Luján|es}}. It stars Julia Martínez and Diego Garisa.
== Plot == Twin siblings Eva and Fabián, about to come of age, are involved in a tragic incident whose circumstances are seemingly known only by them and their mother Mabel.<ref name="olmo" />
== Cast == {{Cast listing| * Julia Martínez as Eva<ref name="olmo">{{Cite web|website=Cineuropa|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/464770/|title=Shooting has finished on Fernando Franco's new film, Subsuelo|date=26 July 2024|first=Júlia|last=Olmo}}</ref> * Diego Garisa as Fabián<ref name="olmo" /> * Nacho Sánchez as Ramón<ref name="hopewell">{{Cite web|website=Variety|date=29 October 2025|first=John|last=Hopewell|title=‘Subsuelo’: Oscar-Nominated Editor Fernando Franco Rocks Spain's Valladolid Fest With a Tale of Death, Abuse and Revenge|url=https://variety.com/2025/film/global/valladolid-fernando-franco-subsuelo-1236564387/}}</ref> * Sonia Almarcha as Mabel<ref name="olmo" /> * Itzan Escamilla as Javier<ref name="hopewell" /> * Montse Díez as Ana<ref name="aisge">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aisge.es/los-estrenos-del-7-de-noviembre-subsuelo|website=Aisge|title=Los estrenos del 7 de noviembre. 'Subsuelo'. La familia turbia|date=3 November 2025|first=Alberto|last=Úbeda-Portugués}}</ref> * Íñigo de la Iglesia as Alberto<ref name="aisge" /> * Elvira Cuadrupani<ref name="olmo" /> * Lucía de la Puerta<ref name="olmo" /> * Gerardo de Pablos<ref name="olmo" /> * Jorge Cabrera<ref name="olmo" /> }}
== Production == Adapted by Begoña Arostegui and Fernando Franco, the screenplay is based on the novel ''Subsuelo'' by Marcelo Luján.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.clarin.com/cultura/espanol-fernando-franco-adapta-cine-subsuelo-novela-argentino-marcelo-lujan_0_oHRQvGcOlL.html?srsltid=AfmBOoo1eRzyXPD26Yk-8iFicGNVilH8YK-gIXvInqn-FcgiZCUQq29a|website=Clarín|date=6 August 2024|title=El español Fernando Franco adapta al cine 'Subsuelo', novela del argentino Marcelo Luján}}</ref> Luján reportedly supervised several script revisions and attended the set "a couple of times".<ref name="ep" /> The film is a Lazona, Kowalski Films, Ferdydurke Films and Blizzard Films AIE production, with the participation of RTVE, EiTB, Canal Sur, and Movistar Plus+, funding from ICAA and backing from {{ill|Foral Deputation of Gipuzkoa|es|Diputación Foral de Guipúzcoa|lt=Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa}}.<ref name="ep">{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/sevilla-00357/noticia-director-sevillano-fernando-franco-remata-rodaje-cuarto-largo-subsuelo-innovaciones-estilisticas-20240831112450.html|website=Europa Press|date=31 August 2024|title=El director sevillano Fernando Franco remata el rodaje de su cuarto largo, 'Subsuelo', con "innovaciones estilísticas"}}</ref>
The film was shot in between the Madrid region, Biscay, and the province of Segovia.<ref name="ep" /> Santiago Racaj worked as cinematographer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cameraandlightmag.com/noticias/finaliza-el-rodaje-de-subsuelo-un-thriller-psicologico-dirigido-por-fernando-franco/|website=Camera and Light Mag|title=Finaliza el rodaje de ‘Subsuelo’, un thriller psicológico dirigido por Fernando Franco|date=24 July 2024}}</ref>
== Release == ''Subsuelo'' had its world premiere at the 70th Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) on 25 October 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/castilla-y-leon/noticia-70-seminci-acoge-sabado-estrenos-subsuelo-frontera-dos-filmes-premiados-berlin-cannes-20251024190352.htm|date=24 October 2025|title=La 70 Seminci acoge este sábado a los estrenos de 'Subsuelo', 'Frontera' y dos filmes premiados en Berlín y Cannes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eldiadevalladolid.com/noticia/z4826ec8d-e27d-412d-9421d686c51381bd/202510/franco-se-sumerge-en-las-turbias-aguas-del-rencor-y-el-deseo|website=El Día de Valladolid|title=Franco se sumerge en las turbias aguas del rencor y el deseo|date=25 October 2025}}</ref> It was also programmed at the 49th São Paulo International Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.estadao.com.br/cultura/cinema/mostra-internacional-de-cinema-de-sp-tera-o-agente-secreto-e-vencedor-de-cannes-veja-lista-nprec/|website=O Estado de S. Paulo|first=André Carlos|last=Zorzi|date=4 October 2025|title=Mostra Internacional de Cinema de SP terá ‘O Agente Secreto’ e vencedor de Cannes; veja lista}}</ref> Distributed by LaZona Pictures,<ref name="a451">{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/subsuelo-estreno-en-cines-7-de-noviembre/|title=‘Subsuelo’ – estreno en cines 7 de noviembre|date=4 November 2025|access-date=6 November 2025|website=Audiovisual451|first=Marco|last=Sánchez Sequera}}</ref> it was released theatrically in Spain on 7 November 2025. Elle Driver handled international sales.<ref name="a451" />
== Reception == Javier Ocaña of ''El País'' assessed that after ''Wounded'', ''Dying'' and ''The Rite of Spring'', Franco hits rock bottom in the expression of the human condition, delivering yet "another film to make you want to slit your wrists, another magnificent film".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/cine/2025-11-07/subsuelo-otra-magnifica-pelicula-de-fernando-franco-sobre-la-desolacion-humana.html|title=‘Subsuelo’, otra magnífica película de Fernando Franco sobre la desolación humana|first=Javier|last=Ocaña|author-link=Javier Ocaña|access-date=10 November 2025|date=7 November 2025|website=El País}}</ref>
Manuel J. Lombardo of ''Diario de Sevilla'' gave the film 3 stars, billing it as "a journey clouded by the very forbidden and corrosive substance that runs through it", concluding that sometimes, "one could say that ''Subsuelo'' could also have been a film by the canceled and recoverable Carlos Vermut".<ref>{{Cite web|website=Diario de Sevilla|publisher=Grupo Joly|date=7 November 2025|title=El mal(estar) en casa|first=Manuel J.|last=Lombardo|url=https://www.diariodesevilla.es/ocio/subsuelo-critica_0_2005186395.html}}</ref>
Pere Vall of ''Fotogramas'' rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, singling out "the aesthetic elegance and the harshness of the story" as the best things about the film.<ref>{{Cite web|website=Fotogramas|title="Atrapa y deja sin respiración": La nueva película española del director nominado 10 veces a los Premios Goya|date=12 November 2025|first=Pere|last=Vall|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a69213638/subsuelo-pelicula-critica-opinion/}}</ref>
== Accolades == {{Awards table|5}} |- | {{center|2025}} | 70th Valladolid International Film Festival || Best Screenplay || Fernando Franco, Begoña Aróstegui || {{won}} || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cadenaser.com/nacional/2025/11/01/espiga-de-oro-ex-aequo-para-the-mastermind-de-kelly-reichardt-y-para-la-produccion-espanola-magallanes-de-lav-diaz-cadena-ser/|website=Cadena SER|access-date=1 November 2025|language=es|date=1 November 2025|title=Espiga de Oro 'ex aequo' para 'The Mastermind' de Kelly Reichardt y para la producción española 'Magallanes' de Lav Diaz|first=Pepa|last=Blanes}}</ref> |- | rowspan = "4" | {{center|2026}} | rowspan = "4" | 5th Carmen Awards | Best Director || Fernando Franco || {{nom}} | rowspan = "4" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kinotico.es/actualidad/2026-02-01/alberto-rodriguez-se-reivindica-sus-10-galardones-para-tigres-premios-carmen-2026|website=Kinótico|title=Alberto Rodríguez se reivindica con sus 10 galardones para 'Los Tigres' en los Premios Carmen|date=1 February 2026}}</ref> |- | Best Adapted Screenplay || Fernando Franco || {{won}} |- | Best Costume Design || Esther Vaquero || {{nom}} |- | Best Makeup and Hairstyles || María Liaño, Rada Mora || {{nom}} {{end}}
== See also == * List of Spanish films of 2025
== References == {{reflist}}
Category:Spanish psychological thriller films Category:Uruguayan thriller films Category:Spanish-language thriller films Category:2025 psychological thriller films Category:2025 Spanish-language films Category:2025 Spanish films Category:2025 Uruguayan films Category:Kowalski Films films Category:Films shot in the Basque Country (autonomous community) Category:Films shot in the Province of Segovia Category:Films shot in the Community of Madrid Category:Films about twins