{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox film | native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|El desentierro|nolink=yes}} | image = The Uncovering poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Nacho Ruipérez | screenplay = {{ubl|Nacho Ruipérez|Mario Fernández-Alonso}} | producer = Ximo Pérez | starring = {{ubl|Leonardo Sbaraglia|Jan Cornet|Michel Noher|Raúl Prieto|Francesc Garrido|Jelena Jovanova|Nesrin Cavadzade|Jordi Rebellón|Cristina Perales|Arben Bajraktaraj|Ana Torrent}} | cinematography = {{ubl|Javier Salmones|Carlos Pérez}} | editing = Teresa Font | music = Arnau Bataller | country = {{ubl|Spain|Argentina}} | language = {{ubl|Spanish|Catalan|Albanian|English}} | distributor = {{ubl|Filmax (Spain)|Primer Plano (Argentina)}} | released = {{Film date|2018|11||Seville|2018|11|16|Spain|2019|09|19|Argentina|df=yes}} | studio = }} '''''The Uncovering''''' ({{langx|es|'''El desentierro'''|links=no}}) is a 2018 Spanish-Argentine crime thriller film directed by Nacho Ruipérez. Its cast features Leonardo Sbaraglia, Michel Noher, Jan Cornet, Ana Torrent, Jelena Jovanova, and Nesrin Cavadzade.
== Plot == Returned from Buenos Aires to a Valencian town to attend the funeral of his uncle Félix (a prominent local politician), Jordi comes across cousin Diego, and the two begin to dig into the keys of the disappearance of his father Pau 20 years ago, crossing paths with a series of criminals and pimps.<ref name="aisge" /><ref name="levante-emv" />
== Cast == {{Cast listing| * Michel Noher as Jordi<ref name="aisge" /> * Jordi Rebellón as Félix<ref name="aisge" /> * Leonardo Sbaraglia as Pau<ref name="aisge" /> * Jan Cornet as Diego<ref name="aisge" /> * Raúl Prieto as Richi<ref name="aisge">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aisge.es/estrenos-del-16-de-noviembre-el-desentierro|title=Los estrenos del 16 de noviembre. 'El desentierro'. Cuentas pendientes con el pasado|first=Alberto|last=Úbeda-Portugués|website=Aisge|date=14 November 2018}}</ref> * Ana Torrent as Dora<ref name="levante-emv" /> * Jelena Jovanova as Vera<ref name="levante-emv" /> * Nesrin Cavadzade<ref name="lavanguardia">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/local/valencia/20181114/452930282407/el-desentierro-un-retrato-de-altas-miras-sobre-la-corrupcion-y-la-memoria.html|website=La Vanguardia|title="El Desentierro", un retrato de altas miras sobre la corrupción y la memoria|date=14 November 2018}}</ref> * Cristina Perales<ref name="lavanguardia" /> * Francesc Garrido<ref name="lavanguardia" /> * Arben Bajraktaraj<ref name="lavanguardia" /> }}
== Production == ''The Uncovering'' is a Spanish-Argentine co-production by El Desentierro AIE and Aleph Media.<ref name="aacce">{{Cite web|url=https://www.academiadecine.com/2018/11/15/mi-obra-maestra-el-desentierro-alegria-tristeza-ni-distintos-ni-diferentes-campeones-el-silencio-de-otros-oscuros-y-lucientes-y-hayati-mi-vida/|website=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España|date=15 November 2018|title=Mi obra maestra, El desentierro, Alegría tristeza, Ni distintos ni diferentes: Campeones, El silencio de otros, Oscuros y lucientes y Hayati (Mi vida)}}</ref> Filming began in the ricefields near Sueca on 12 September 2017.<ref name="levante-emv">{{Cite web|url=https://www.levante-emv.com/cultura/2017/11/07/marjales-oscuros-l-albufera-13842279.html|website=Levante-EMV|first=Voro|last=Contreras|date=7 November 2017|publisher=Prensa Ibérica|title=Los marjales más oscuros de l'Albufera}}</ref> The film features dialogue in Spanish, Valencian (Catalan), English, and Albanian.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://valenciaplaza.com/el-desentierro-el-thriller-made-in-valencia-del-que-vas-a-oir-hablar|website=Valencia Plaza|date=8 October 2018|first=Eugenio|last=Viñas|title='El desentierro': el thriller 'made in València' del que vas a oír hablar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.academiadecine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/publication-229.pdf|publisher=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España|journal=Academia|page=105|year=2018|issn=2174-0097|title=El desentierro}}</ref>
== Release == For its world premiere, the film made it to the slate of the 15th Seville European Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lasprovincias.es/culturas/cine/cinta-valenciana-desentierro-20181029003551-ntvo.html|website=Las Provincias|publisher=Grupo Vocento|date=29 October 2018|title=La cinta valenciana 'El desentierro' se estrenará en el Festival de Cine Europe de Sevilla}}</ref> Distributed by Filmax,<ref name="aacce" /> it was released theatrically in Spain on 16 November 2018.
== Reception == The review in ''Cinemanía'' rated the film 2½ out of 5 stars, deeming the plot to be "complex and too often confusing".<ref>{{Cite web|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|title=El desentierro|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/el-desentierro-117325/|date=15 November 2018}}</ref>
Beatriz Martínez of ''Fotogramas'' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, lamenting that "the narration is a bit clumsy and uneven" as "the film [still] has grit and a good dose of expressive murkiness", highlighting the recreation of the Levantine 1990s as the best thing about the film.<ref>{{Cite web|website=Fotogramas|date=17 November 2018|title=El desentierro|first=Beatriz|last=Martínez|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a25198438/desentierro-critica-pelicula/}}</ref>
== Accolades == {{Awards table|5}} |- | rowspan = "10" | {{center|2018}} | rowspan = "10" | 1st Valencian Audiovisual Awards || colspan = "2" | Best Film || {{won}} || rowspan = "10" | {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/comunitat-valenciana/noticia-desentierro-perfectos-desconocidos-fishbone-mas-nominadas-premios-audiovisual-valenciano-20181106153633.html|website=Europa Press|date=6 November 2018|title='El desentierro', 'Perfectos desconocidos' y 'Fishbone', las más nominadas a los Premios del Audiovisual Valenciano}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lasprovincias.es/culturas/cine/premios-audiovisual-valenciano-20181117005910-ntvo.html|website=Las Provincias|publisher=Grupo Vocento|title=Los Premios del Audiovisual Valenciano coronan a 'El desentierro'|date=17 November 2018}}</ref>}} |- | Best Director || Nacho Ruipérez || {{won}} |- | Best Screenplay || Nacho Ruipérez, Mario Fernández || {{won}} |- | Best Original Score || Arnau Bataller || {{nom}} |- | Best Cinematography || Javier Salmones, Carlos Pérez || {{nom}} |- | Best Editing || Teresa Font || {{won}} |- | Best Art Direction || Abdón Alcañiz || {{won}} |- | Best Production Supervision || Marifé Rueda || {{won}} |- | Best Sound || Antonio Rodríguez Mármol || {{nom}} |- | Best Costume Design || Giovanna Ribes || {{nom}} {{end}}
== See also == * List of Spanish films of 2018 * List of Argentine films of 2019
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Category:2018 crime thriller films Category:2018 Spanish films Category:2018 Argentine films Category:Spanish crime thriller films Category:Argentine crime thriller films Category:2018 Spanish-language films Category:Films set in the Valencian Community Category:Films shot in the Province of Valencia {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Uncovering, The}}