One Night with Adela

One Night with Adela is a 2023 Spanish one-shot revenge thriller film directed by Hugo Ruiz which stars Laura Galán.

Plot

The plot takes place in an unphotogenic Madrid. After ending her night shift, sad and deranged street sweeper Adela carries out a meticulous plan to exert brutal revenge on those who have wronged her and turned her into human garbage.

Production

The film is a Muertos de Envidia Company and FTFCam production, in association with #Conunpack and with backing from Ayuntamiento de Madrid. It was shot in Madrid.

Release

The film landed its world premiere in the 'Midnight' slate of the Tribeca Festival on 8 June 2023. It also screened on 21 October 2023 at the Albacete-based for its Spanish premiere. Distributed by #Conunpack, it opened in Spanish theatres on 1 December 2023.

Reception

Alfonso Rivera of Cineuropa wrote that the "unexpected turn" in the film's second part constitutes a "proper right hook" "to the most sacred of things, which will please the viewer in search of new emotions in these times steeped in sickly sweetness, insipidness, our addiction to 'likes' and political correctness".