Menéndez: The Lord's Day. Synopsis, trailer, cast and review

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Netflix adds the Mexican-Spanish film Menéndez: El Día del Señor to the platform. All you need to know.

Menéndez: The Lord's Day is a Mexican-Spanish horror film that premiered on October 30, 2020. It is an original production of Netflix directed by the Iberian filmmaker, Santiago Alvarado, who at the same time is the author of the script along with Ramon Salas. A film that seeks to offer a different look at exorcism, the mysterious religious practice that is carried out to expel an evil entity or force.

The arrival of the film to the Netflix catalog was not easy, since it took several years for this to become a reality. Throughout the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, the producer Alexander Sugich He was delighted with the teaser presented by Alvarado and Salas. From that moment on, they began to work to polish the script, in such a way that it would adapt to the Hispanic American market.

Synopsis

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Menéndez is a retired priest with a story that left him marked. He tries to forget it at all costs, however, things get complicated when a friend asks him for help to save his daughter. Apparently, she is possessed by a demonic entity. Although at first he is reluctant to accept the case, he decides to welcome the young woman into his home to get to know her better and verify that, indeed, she has been marked by the devil. However, not only the ghosts of the girl will emerge, but at the same time of the religious one. Everything will turn into a real nightmare.

Trailer of Menéndez: The Lord's Day

Here's a trailer for a movie that explores the protagonist's unorthodox methods of fighting demons, raising questions about the sanity and mental state of the religious.

Cast of actors

The main actor of the film is Juli Fabregas, who plays the priest Menéndez. At the same time they accompany her within the main cast Dolores Heredia, like Marisa; Ximena Romo, like Raquel; Héctor Illanes, like Sebastián, and Oscar Gordillo, like the devil.

In an interview for Forbes Mexico, el productor Alejandro Sugich reveló el target que se buscaba con esta película, que intenta diferenciarse de las producciones de terror que habitualmente se encuentran en la gran pantalla.

“Everything was clear and simple during the making of the film. The new thing he proposes is almost everything, from the voice of the devil and what happens with him, like Menendez's method that goes beyond the conventional and brings something new, risky, like everything he has been doing in our filmography of Sulafilms, ”he said. indicated.

The film is presented as Part 1, hoping you have a warm reception from viewers to move on Menéndez: The Good Death. Netflix It would have to give the green light to its realization.

Criticism of Menéndez: The Lord's Day

Criticisms of the film range from acceptable to bad, although most of the specialized press has negative opinions. In his opinion, the film is notably lost from the development of its characters to the assembly of a plot that feels out of logic and makes a fool of himself.

At least, that's how Jorge Loser considers it in his comments to espinof.com.

“Netflix is a platform that has the opportunity to find talent among the many good writers, great screenwriters and filmmakers with great short films that are in Spain and South America (…) Even many of these productions can be made with little money (…) It is difficult find an explanation of how this script by Santiago Alvarado and Ramón Salas has been given the green light, ”he said.

For her part, Karina Adelgaard (The sky of horror) at the same time destroys the film after considering that it does not fulfill its promise of being a concert of originality.

“It has a pretty basic exorcism plot. It tries to go in various directions, but it ends up being extremely predictable, ”he said.

David López (Frustrated moviegoers) at the same time launches strong criticism against the Mexican-Spanish film, encountering severe problems on almost all fronts. Despite this, it holds a glimmer of hope for the work of Santiago Alvarado.

“It is not a film, therefore, that is going to relaunch the career of its director and screenwriter Santiago Alvarado. Rather, it is a step backwards, and it is a shame because you can see that this man has something and when he travels through more carefree and self-conscious paths, he manages to be fresh and a lot of fun, ”he said.

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