The Coffee Table
Film poster
SpanishLa mesita del comedor
Directed byCaye Casas
Starring
Production
companies
  • La Charito Films
  • Alhena Production
  • Apocalipsis Producciones
Release date
  • 30 November 2022 (2022-11-30) (PÖFF)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

The Coffee Table (Spanish: La mesita del comedor, lit. 'The dining room's small table') is a 2022 Spanish black comedy[1] film directed by Caye Casas which stars David Pareja and Estefanía de los Santos.

Plot

The plot follows a couple formed by María and Jesús who buys a tacky table, a move that proves to be their worst decision ever.[2]

Cast

Production

The film was produced by La Charito Films alongside Alhena Production and Apocalipsis Producciones.[4] It was shot in Terrassa.[2] The helmer pitched his film as "an uncomfortable, politically incorrect film with extremely black humor and a brutal tragedy".[2]

Release

David Pareja and Caye Casas attending a presentation of the film at the San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival in 2023

The film was presented in the 'Rebels with a Cause' slate of the 2022 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF).[5] It also made it to the slate of the 2023 Fantaspoa for its Latin-American premiere,[6] and to the 2023 Fantastic Fest lineup for its North-American premiere.[7] MGM Premium boarded rights to the film.[8] Cinephobia Releasing picked up North American rights to the film.[9]

Reception

According to the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, The Coffee Table has a 85% approval rating based on 13 reviews from critics, with an average rating of 7.4/10.[10]

Rafael Motamayor of /Film gave the film a 10 out of 10 rating deeming it to be "one of the bleakest, meanest, most unbearably cruel movies you could ever see".[11]

Top ten lists

The film also appeared on a number of critics' top ten lists of the best Spanish films of 2023:

Accolades

Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
202226th Tallinn Black Nights Film FestivalBest Film ('Rebels with a Cause' section)Won[9]
202341st Brussels International Fantastic Film FestivalBest Film ('White Raven' competition)Won[13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hopewell, John (16 May 2023). "Top Catalan Titles at Cannes". Variety.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "El director de Terrassa Caye Casas estrena "La mesita del comedor" a Tallinn". Diari de Terrassa. 23 November 2022.
  3. 1 2 Vall, Pere (26 April 2023). "El director Caye Casas se lleva el prestigioso premio White Raven". Mon Terrassa.
  4. ↑ Suárez, Marta (29 April 2023). "La Charito Films logra un gran éxito en la 41ª edición del Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival". Qué!.
  5. ↑ Vall, Pere (12 December 2022). ""La mesita del comedor": la comedia será cruel o no será". Fotogramas.
  6. ↑ Mack, Andrew (8 March 2023). "Fantaspoa 2023: First Wave of This Year's Lineup, Festival Finally Returning to In-Person". Screen Anarchy.
  7. ↑ Complex, Valerie (15 August 2023). "Fantastic Fest Sets 2023 Lineup; Legendary Pictures' 'The Toxic Avenger' To Open, Blumhouse Horror Comedy 'Totally Killer' Closes; Angus Cloud Pic In Mix". Deadline Hollywood.
  8. ↑ Leffler, Rebecca (12 May 2023). "MPM Premium boards 'The Coffee Table And Raoni: An Unusual Friendship' (exclusive)". ScreenDaily.
  9. 1 2 Mack, Andrew (7 July 2023). "The Coffee Table: Spanish Dark Comedy Horror Acquired by Cinephobia Releasing For North America". ScreenAnarchy.
  10. ↑ "The Coffee Table". RottenTomatoes. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  11. ↑ Motamayor, Rafael (24 September 2023). "The Coffee Table Review: An Unbearably Cruel Dark Comedy Everyone And No One Should Experience [Fantastic Fest 2023]". Slashfilm.
  12. ↑ Martínez, Luis (21 December 2023). "Las 10 mejores películas españolas de 2023, de 'Zinzindurrunkarratz' a 'La mesita del comedor'". El Mundo.
  13. ↑ Engelen, Aurore (24 April 2023). "Halfway Home bags the Silver Méliès at the BIFFF". Cineuropa.
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