The Heaven of Animals
The Heaven of Animals is a 2025 drama film written and directed by Santi Amodeo based on the short story collection by David James Poissant. Its cast features Raúl Arévalo, Manolo Solo, Jesús Carroza, Paula Díaz, África de la Cruz, and Claudio Portalo.
Plot
The plot consists of standalone vignettes about loss.Production
The film is a Spanish-Romanian co-production by Grupo Tranquilo PC alongside Cinelabs. It had the participation of Canal Sur and RTVE and the financial backing of Junta de Andalucía. Shooting locations in the province of Seville included Seville and Alcalá de Guadaíra.Release
The film was presented at the 28th Málaga Film Festival on 20 March 2025, vying for the Golden Biznaga. Distributed by Maravillas Films, it is scheduled to be released in about 50 Spanish theatres on 9 May 2025.Reception
Elsa Fernández-Santos of El País wrote that, with the film, Amodeo "returns to his most personal and interesting path, that place where the strange and the brief aspire to reveal something more".Philipp Engel of Cinemanía rated the film 3½ out of 5 stars, writing that the element that allows the film to overcome its episodic nature the most is the aesthetics.