The Uncovering
The Uncovering is a 2018 Spanish-Argentine crime thriller film directed by Nacho Ruipérez. Its cast features Leonardo Sbaraglia, Michel Noher, Jan Cornet, Ana Torrent, Jelena Jovanova, and Nesrin Cavadzade.
Plot
Returned from Buenos Aires to a Valencian town to attend the funeral of his uncle Félix, Jordi comes across cousin Diego, and the two begin to dig into the keys of the disappearance of his father Pau 20 years ago, crossing paths with a series of criminals and pimps.Production
The Uncovering is a Spanish-Argentine co-production by El Desentierro AIE and Aleph Media. Filming began in the ricefields near Sueca on 12 September 2017. The film features dialogue in Spanish, Valencian, English, and Albanian.Release
For its world premiere, the film made it to the slate of the 15th Seville European Film Festival. Distributed by Filmax, it was released theatrically in Spain on 16 November 2018.Reception
The review in Cinemanía rated the film 2½ out of 5 stars, deeming the plot to be "complex and too often confusing".Beatriz Martínez of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, lamenting that "the narration is a bit clumsy and uneven" as "the film has grit and a good dose of expressive murkiness", highlighting the recreation of the Levantine 1990s as the best thing about the film.