El cuento del lobo

El cuento del lobo is a 2024 Spanish psychological thriller film written and directed by Norberto López Amado based on the play Duda razonable by Borja Ortiz de Gondra. It stars Daniel Grao, Lucía Jiménez, Paco Tous, and María Romanillos.

Plot

Olga and Javier decide to involve in the affairs of the girl cleaning up their house as she is receiving threatening messages in her mobile phone, only for Lucía's father to come in warning them to stay away from matters that do not concern them. The situation imperils Olga and Javier's relationship.

Production

El cuento del lobo is an adaptation of the stage work Duda razonable by Borja Ortiz de Gondra. The film is an Álamo Producciones Audiovisuales and Secuoya Studios production alongside A Contracorriente Films. Shooting locations included Tenerife.

Release

For its world premiere, the film was presented at the 50th Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival in November 2024. Distributed by A Contracorriente Films, it is scheduled to be released theatrically in Spain on 16 May 2025.

Reception

Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas gave the film 50 points, lamenting that the denouement is self-explanatory and simple on the one hand, and in other respects, blatantly lazy.