# Subsuelo > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Subsuelo > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Subsuelo.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsuelo > Source revision: 1341402311 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox film | image = Subsuelo poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [Fernando Franco](/source/Fernando_Franco) | screenplay = {{ubl|Fernando Franco|Begoña Arostegui}} | starring = {{ubl|Julia Martínez|Diego Garisa|[Nacho Sánchez](/source/Nacho_S%C3%A1nchez_(actor))|Iñigo de la Iglesia|Montse Díez|[Itzan Escamilla](/source/Itzan_Escamilla)|[Sonia Almarcha](/source/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](/source/70th_Valladolid_International_Film_Festival)|df=yes|2025|11|07|Spain}} | cinematography = Santiago Racaj }} '''''Subsuelo''''' is a 2025 psychological thriller film directed by [Fernando Franco](/source/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. == Cast == {{Cast listing| * Julia Martínez as Eva{{Cite web|website=[Cineuropa](/source/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}} * Diego Garisa as Fabián * [Nacho Sánchez](/source/Nacho_S%C3%A1nchez_(actor)) as Ramón{{Cite web|website=[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))|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/}} * [Sonia Almarcha](/source/Sonia_Almarcha) as Mabel * [Itzan Escamilla](/source/Itzan_Escamilla) as Javier * Montse Díez as Ana{{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}} * Íñigo de la Iglesia as Alberto * Elvira Cuadrupani * Lucía de la Puerta * Gerardo de Pablos * Jorge Cabrera }} == Production == Adapted by Begoña Arostegui and Fernando Franco, the screenplay is based on the novel ''Subsuelo'' by Marcelo Luján.{{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](/source/Clar%C3%ADn_(Argentine_newspaper))|date=6 August 2024|title=El español Fernando Franco adapta al cine 'Subsuelo', novela del argentino Marcelo Luján}} Luján reportedly supervised several script revisions and attended the set "a couple of times". The film is a Lazona, Kowalski Films, Ferdydurke Films and Blizzard Films AIE production, with the participation of [RTVE](/source/RTVE), [EiTB](/source/EiTB), [Canal Sur](/source/Canal_Sur), and [Movistar Plus+](/source/Movistar_Plus%2B), funding from [ICAA](/source/ICAA_(Spain)) and backing from {{ill|Foral Deputation of Gipuzkoa|es|Diputación Foral de Guipúzcoa|lt=Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa}}.{{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](/source/Europa_Press)|date=31 August 2024|title=El director sevillano Fernando Franco remata el rodaje de su cuarto largo, 'Subsuelo', con "innovaciones estilísticas"}} The film was shot in between the [Madrid region](/source/Community_of_Madrid), [Biscay](/source/Biscay), and the [province of Segovia](/source/province_of_Segovia). Santiago Racaj worked as cinematographer.{{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}} == Release == ''Subsuelo'' had its world premiere at the [70th Valladolid International Film Festival](/source/70th_Valladolid_International_Film_Festival) (Seminci) on 25 October 2025.{{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}}{{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}} It was also programmed at the 49th [São Paulo International Film Festival](/source/S%C3%A3o_Paulo_International_Film_Festival).{{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](/source/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}} Distributed by LaZona Pictures,{{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}} it was released theatrically in Spain on 7 November 2025. Elle Driver handled international sales. == Reception == [Javier Ocaña](/source/Javier_Oca%C3%B1a) of ''[El País](/source/El_Pa%C3%ADs)'' assessed that after ''[Wounded](/source/Wounded_(2013_film))'', ''[Dying](/source/Dying_(2017_film))'' and ''[The Rite of Spring](/source/The_Rite_of_Spring_(film))'', 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".{{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](/source/El_Pa%C3%ADs)}} Manuel J. Lombardo of ''[Diario de Sevilla](/source/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](/source/Carlos_Vermut)".{{Cite web|website=[Diario de Sevilla](/source/Diario_de_Sevilla)|publisher=[Grupo Joly](/source/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}} Pere Vall of ''[Fotogramas](/source/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.{{Cite web|website=[Fotogramas](/source/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/}} == Accolades == {{Awards table|5}} |- | {{center|2025}} | [70th Valladolid International Film Festival](/source/70th_Valladolid_International_Film_Festival) || Best Screenplay || Fernando Franco, Begoña Aróstegui || {{won}} || {{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](/source/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}} |- | rowspan = "4" | {{center|2026}} | rowspan = "4" | [5th Carmen Awards](/source/5th_Carmen_Awards) | Best Director || Fernando Franco || {{nom}} | rowspan = "4" | {{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}} |- | 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](/source/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 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Subsuelo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsuelo) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsuelo?action=history)). 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