The Heroes of Evil

The Heroes of Evil is a 2015 Spanish teen drama film written and directed by which stars Emilio Palacios, Jorge Clemente and Beatriz Medina.

Plot

Outcast teenagers Esteban, Sarita and Aritz, sharing a common context of humiliation by their classmates meet, develop a strong friendship and plot to exert revenge.

Production

The film is a Nadie es Perfecto, La Bestia Produce and Pokeepsie Films production.

Release

The film was presented at the 18th Málaga Film Festival on 18 April 2015. It was also part of the slate of the Moscow International Film Festival, the and the Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival. Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it was released theatrically in Spain on 11 September 2015.

Reception

Mirito Torreiro of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars deeming it to be a product "a product with a certain suicidal vocation", which "hardly pays attention to any commerciality".
Sergio F. Pinilla of Cinemanía rated the film 4 out of 5 stars writing that the triangle developed between the characters played by Clemente, Palacios, and Medina "is beautiful".
Jordi Costa of El País considered that while "the film is not rounded and at times comes across as crude and somewhat sloppy", it "manages to take its premise to its most unbreathable extremes".