The Antares Paradox

The Antares Paradox
The Antares Paradox
	Film poster
Spanish	La paradoja de Antares
Directed by	Luis Tinoco
Written by	Luis Tinoco
Produced by	Luis Tinoco
Starring	Andrea Trepat; Aleida Torrent; Jaume de Sans; David Ramírez;
Cinematography	Luis Tinoco
Edited by	Frank Gutiérrez; Luis Tinoco;
Music by	Arnau Bataller
Production; company	Onirikal Studio
Release dates	September 2022 (FantasticFest); 30 June 2023 (Spain);
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

The Antares Paradox (Spanish: La paradoja de Antares) is a 2022 Spanish science-fiction drama film directed, written, and lensed by Luis Tinoco in his feature film directorial debut. It stars Andrea Trepat [es].

Plot

The fiction takes place in a single room, involving dedicated astrophysicist Alexandra Baeza, who interacts via phone and video with the rest of characters. Alexandra is working in a Spanish branch of the SETI project. Upon receiving a signal from the Antares system that could herald the confirmation of extraterrestrial intelligence (and which she is required to verify), she receives the news of her father being at death's door.^[1]^[2]^[3] She faces a dilemma as to whether priority should be given to career or to family.^[4]

Cast

Andrea Trepat [es] as Alexandra Baeza^[5]
Aleida Torrent as Ana^[1]
Jaume de Sans^[5]
David Ramírez as Fernando^[1]
Ferran Vilajosana as Dani^[1]

Production

Produced by VFX outfit Onirikal Studio, The Antares Paradox is the debut feature film of Luis Tinoco, a visual effects artist.^[6] Tinoco also wrote the screenplay; Bataller composed the score and Frank Gutierrez worked in film editing.^[6] Filming lasted for three weeks, and took place in a set prepared inside the production company's premises.^[6]

Release

The film made its world premiere at the Austin-based Fantastic Fest in September 2022.^[2] It also made it to the 55th Sitges Film Festival's 'New Visions' lineup (for its European premiere).^[6] It was released theatrically in Spain in June 2023.^[7]

Reception

Germain Lussier of Gizmodo found the film, described as "Contact meets 24 in a single room", to be his favorite picture of Fantastic Fest 2022, being "that well made, that effective, and that universal", "destined to be remade on a bigger scale".^[2]

Mae Abdulbaki of Screen Rant rated the film 4 out of 5 stars ("excellent") assessing that it "is intense, well-made, explores interesting themes, and is bolstered by a fabulous central performance from Andrea Trepat".^[3]

Miguel Ángel Romero of Cinemanía rated the film 3½ out of 5 stars, considering that, along with the reduced number of elements and Trepat's talent, the helmer manages to "take us into a claustrophobic sci-fi exercise".^[7]

Accolades


Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2024	38th Goya Awards	Best Original Score	Arnau Bataller	Nominated	^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Fantastic Fest 2022: The Antares Paradox Is a Cosmic Gumbo of Emotions". HorrorObsessive. 26 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Lussier, Germain (25 September 2022). "The Antares Paradox Is Contact Meets 24 In a Single Room, and It's Incredible". Gizmodo.
^ ^a ^b Abdulbaki, Mae (3 October 2020). "The Antares Paradox Review: An Intense & Compelling Sci-Fi [Fantastic Fest]". Screen Rant.
^ Mahnert, Annick. "The Antares Paradox". Fantastic Fest. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b Cazallas, Javier (7 September 2022). "Making-of en exclusiva de La paradoja de Antares, la nueva película de ciencia ficción de Luis Tinoco". HobbyConsolas.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Aller, María (16 August 2022). "'La paradoja de Antares': tráiler en exclusiva del primer largometraje de Luis Tinoco". Fotogramas.
^ ^a ^b Romero, Miguel Ángel (28 June 2023). "'La paradoja de Antares': España apuesta por la búsqueda de extraterrestres en el universo". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
^ Hopewell, John (11 February 2024). "Spain's Goya Awards: J.A. Bayona's 'Society of the Snow' Wins Best Picture, Director as Sigourney Weaver Receives an International Goya". Variety.

External links

The Antares Paradox at IMDb

[horrorobsessive-1] "Fantastic Fest 2022: The Antares Paradox Is a Cosmic Gumbo of Emotions". HorrorObsessive. 26 September 2022.

[lussier-2] Lussier, Germain (25 September 2022). "The Antares Paradox Is Contact Meets 24 In a Single Room, and It's Incredible". Gizmodo.

[abdulbaki-3] Abdulbaki, Mae (3 October 2020). "The Antares Paradox Review: An Intense & Compelling Sci-Fi [Fantastic Fest]". Screen Rant.

[4] Mahnert, Annick. "The Antares Paradox". Fantastic Fest. Retrieved 4 October 2022.

[hobbyconsolas-5] Cazallas, Javier (7 September 2022). "Making-of en exclusiva de La paradoja de Antares, la nueva película de ciencia ficción de Luis Tinoco". HobbyConsolas.

[aller-6] Aller, María (16 August 2022). "'La paradoja de Antares': tráiler en exclusiva del primer largometraje de Luis Tinoco". Fotogramas.

[romero-7] Romero, Miguel Ángel (28 June 2023). "'La paradoja de Antares': España apuesta por la búsqueda de extraterrestres en el universo". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.

[8] Hopewell, John (11 February 2024). "Spain's Goya Awards: J.A. Bayona's 'Society of the Snow' Wins Best Picture, Director as Sigourney Weaver Receives an International Goya". Variety.

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