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  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 38 m

Summary Young mother Alejandra is a working housewife, raising two boys with husband Angel in a small city. Her brother Fabian works as a nurse in a local hospital. Their provincial lives are upset with the arrival of mysterious Veronica. Sex and love can be fragile in certain regions where strong family values, hypocrisy, homophobia, and male c...

Directed By: Amat Escalante

Written By: Gibrán Portela, Amat Escalante

  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 38 m

The Untamed

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews
72
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 20 User Ratings
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Summary Young mother Alejandra is a working housewife, raising two boys with husband Angel in a small city. Her brother Fabian works as a nurse in a local hospital. Their provincial lives are upset with the arrival of mysterious Veronica. Sex and love can be fragile in certain regions where strong family values, hypocrisy, homophobia, and male c...

Directed By: Amat Escalante

Written By: Gibrán Portela, Amat Escalante

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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74% Positive
14 Reviews
26% Mixed
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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74% Positive
14 Reviews
26% Mixed
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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100
Sep 17, 2016
The Untamed does that very rare thing in cinema in that it blends mystery, horror and pseudo-reality with a kind of dark subconscious arousal.
By Rory O'Connor FULL REVIEW
83
Jul 20, 2017
This is the kind of experience that might tell you more about yourself as both a viewer and a person than you’re comfortable knowing; it’s also the most alluringly strange movie of the year so far.
By Michael Nordine FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 24, 2017
Escalante is a master filmmaker when it comes to creating atmosphere.
By Martyn Conterio FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 17, 2016
Even if The Untamed comes perilously close to sabotaging itself at times, this generic tightrope walk is a ferociously individual, highly intelligent piece and a superb, very affecting cast ensure that the human factor remains dominant, however creepily inhuman things may become at times.
By Jonathan Romney FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 20, 2017
Mr. Escalante is an exceptionally deft and subtle realist, and you sometimes feel, in “Heli” and even more so in The Untamed that he is drawn to extremity partly out of boredom with his own skill.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 17, 2016
This is a fascinating and outrageous next step for Escalante, with a strong central concept and some oozily plausible special effects. It’s just a pity that its human side doesn’t measure up to its inhuman one.
By Robbie Collin FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 2, 2017
The unsure approach to rich material (based on a story about a newspaper’s homophobic coverage of a drowned man) mixes the sexy and grotesque — and cancels each other’s good parts out.
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6.8
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13 Ratings
25% Mixed
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10% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 20 User Ratings
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10% Negative
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Production Company Mantarraya Producciones, Tres Tunas, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE), Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad (FOPROCINE), Snowglobe Films, Le Pacte, Match Factory Productions, Mer Film, Adomeit Film, Copenhagen Film Fund, ZDF/Arte, Labodigital, Bord Cadre Films, Pimienta Films, Det Danske Filminstitut, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), CNC Aide aux cinémas du monde - Institut Français, Sørfond, Secretaria de Turismo del Estado de Guanajuato (SECTUR), Kansas City Southern de México
Release Date Jul 21, 2017
Duration 1 h 38 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline Cuando el deseo supera al miedo. [When desire surpasses fear.]
Website http://www.strandreleasing.com/films/the-untamed/
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Awards

Ariel Awards, Mexico
• 6 Wins & 14 Nominations
Premios Fénix (Fenix Film Awards)
• 6 Nominations
Venice Film Festival
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations

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