{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox film | native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|Verano en rojo|nolink=yes}} | image = Verano en rojo poster.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Belén Macías | screenplay = {{ubl|Belén Macías|Helio Mira}} | producer = Gerardo Herrero | based_on = {{Based on|''Verano en rojo''|Berna González Harbour}} | starring = {{ubl|Marta Nieto|José Coronado|Luis Callejo|Richard Sahagún|Francesco Carril|Marc Martínez|Zoé Arnao|Ramón Agirre|Javier Godino}} | cinematography = Gabo Querra | editing = Alejandro Lázaro | music = Paula Olaz | country = Spain | language = Spanish | distributor = DeAPlaneta | studio = {{ubl|Verano en rojo AIE|Tornasol Media}} | released = {{Film date|2023|09|08|df=yes}} }} '''''Summer in Red''''' ({{langx|es|'''Verano en rojo'''|links=no}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latidofilms.com/films/summer-in-red/|access-date=3 September 2023|title=Summer in Red|website=Latido Films}}</ref> is a 2023 Spanish thriller film directed by {{ill|Belén Macías|es}} based on the novel by {{ill|Berna González Harbour|es}} which stars Marta Nieto and José Coronado.
== Plot == Set in the Summer of 2010 in between Madrid and Navarre, against the backdrop of the attention paid in Spain to the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the occurrence of sexual abuse (paederasty) cases within the Catholic Church, the plot follows the plight of police inspector María Ruiz upon facing a difficult murder case, for which she will be assisted by veteran journalist Luna.<ref name="marmol">{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/verano-rojo-marta-nieto-jose-coronado-thriller-5141188/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|title=Marta Nieto y José Coronado investigan el crimen perfecto en pleno Mundial de Sudáfrica en 'Verano en rojo'|date=3 July 2023|first=Julio|last=Mármol}}</ref><ref name="ep">{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/cultura/cine-00128/noticia-belen-macias-marta-nieto-unen-verano-rojo-hacen-falta-grandes-presupuestos-mujeres-20220727140428.html|website=Europa Press|date=27 July 2022|title=Belén Macías y Marta Nieto se unen en 'Verano en Rojo': "Hacen falta grandes presupuestos para mujeres"}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20230908/9212318/verano-rojo-investigacion-abusos-sexuales-iglesia.html|website=La Vanguardia|title='Verano en rojo': una dura investigación para destapar los abusos sexuales de la Iglesia|date=8 September 2023|first=Helena|last=Gómez}}</ref><ref name="cinemania" /><ref name="lombardo" />
== Cast == {{Cast listing| * Marta Nieto as María Ruiz<ref name="ep" /> * José Coronado as Luna<ref name="ep" /> * Luis Callejo<ref name="marmol" /> * Richard Sahagún<ref name="rtve" /> * Francesco Carril<ref name="rtve" /> * {{ill|Marc Martínez (actor)|es|Marc Martínez|lt=Marc Martínez}}<ref name="marmol" /> * Zoé Arnao<ref name="rtve" /> * {{ill|Ramón Agirre Lasarte|es|lt=Ramón Agirre}}<ref name="rtve" /> * {{ill|Tomás del Estal|es}}<ref name="marmol" /> }} == Production == A film adaptation of the novel ''Verano en rojo'' by Berna González Harbour, the screenplay was penned by Belén Macías and Helio Mira.<ref name="marmol" /> The film was produced by Verano en rojo AIE and Tornasol Media, with the participation of RTVE, and Movistar Plus+, and backing from ICAA.<ref name="rtve">{{Cite web|website=rtve.es|date=13 July 2023|url=https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20230713/rtvees-estrena-trailer-verano-rojo/2451947.shtml|title= RTVE.es estrena el tráiler de 'Verano en rojo', un thriller protagonizado por Marta Nieto y José Coronado}}</ref> Shooting locations included Madrid and Pamplona.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diaridetarragona.com/cultura/el-verano-en-rojo-de-belen-macias-GA12213746|website=Diari de Tarragona|title=El 'verano en rojo' de Belén Macías|date=10 September 2022}}</ref>
== Release == Distributed by DeAPlaneta,<ref name="rtve" /> the film will be released theatrically in Spain on 8 September 2023.<ref name="marmol" />
== Reception == Raquel Hernández Luján of ''HobbyConsolas'' scored the film with 70 points ('good'), highlighting the cast, Macía's camera moves, and the "powerful" social denouncement as positive points while citing how the film adheres to [already] known formulas as a negative point.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hobbyconsolas.com/reviews/critica-verano-rojo-thriller-policial-rodado-pulso-firme-1301442|website=HobbyConsolas|first=Raquel|last=Hernández Luján|title=Crítica de Verano en rojo, un thriller policial rodado con pulso firme|date=September 2023}}</ref>
Jordi Batlle Caminal of ''Fotogramas'' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be just as effective in its denunciation as ''Spotlight'' but less boring.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a45046917/verano-en-rojo-critica-pelicula/|date=8 September 2023|first=Jordi|last=Batlle Caminal|website=Fotogramas|title=Crítica de 'Verano en rojo', trepidante thriller policíaco con Marta Nieto y Jose Coronado}}</ref>
Javier Ocaña of ''Cinemanía'' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars welcoming the first frontal take on the issue in Spain since ''Bad Education'', otherwise highlighting "the reflection on adolescent loneliness, on which these vermin feed", as the best part about the film.<ref name="cinemania">{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/verano-rojo-critica-sinopsis-reparto-estreno-5170764/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|date=8 September 2023|first=Javier|last=Ocaña|title='Verano en rojo': el cine español aborda por fin la pederastia en la Iglesia}}</ref>
Manuel J. Lombardo of ''Diario de Sevilla'' rated the film with a single star, assessing that neither the police thriller nor the journalistic investigation approaches actually work in the film.<ref name="lombardo">{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariodesevilla.es/ocio/critica-Verano_en_rojo_0_1827718960.html|website=Diario de Sevilla|first=Manuel J.|last=Lombardo|title=Con la Iglesia hemos topado|date=8 September 2023|publisher=Grupo Joly}}</ref>
== See also == * List of Spanish films of 2023
== References == {{reflist}}
Category:Films shot in Madrid Category:Films shot in Navarre Category:Films set in 2010 Category:Films set in Spain Category:2023 Spanish films Category:2023 Spanish-language films Category:Spanish-language crime thriller films Category:Spanish crime thriller films Category:2023 crime thriller films Category:2023 films Category:Films based on Spanish novels Category:Tornasol Films films Category:Films about child sexual abuse Category:Films set in Madrid {{authority control}}