Alimañas

Alimañas is a 2023 Spanish black comedy film written and directed by Pep Antón Gómez and Jordi Sánchez which stars Sánchez, Carlos Areces, Sílvia Abril, Loles Léon, and Carmina Barrios.

Plot

The plot follows two brothers hoping for their mother to die so they can inherit an apartment building in the centre of Madrid.

Production

The film is a Feelgood, Kowalski Films, Goblin Audiovisual, and Alimañas AIE production, with the association of Sony Pictures International Productions, the participation of RTVE, Movistar Plus+, and Canal Sur and funding from the Madrid regional administration and ICAA.

Release

Included as a late addition to the slate of the Manresa-based, Alimañas premiered on 20 October 2023. Distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment, it was released theatrically in Spain on 27 October 2023.

Reception

Enid Román Almansa of Cinemanía rated the film 2½ out of 5 stars, deeming it to be "made for fans of the actors and no one else".
Pablo Vázquez of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, describing it as "morally sordid, minimalist, nihilistic, uncomfortable and dark as a rat's belly, sometimes coarse and often insidious".