The Cuckoo's Curse (2023)
- Original title
- El cuco
- Directed by
- Mar Targarona
- Genre
- drama, thriller
- Country
- Germany, Spain
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 5.3 of 10 from 43 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A Spanish couple expecting their first child swaps houses with an elderly German couple. Strange occurrences and hidden agendas begin to surface.
tenseunnervingatmosphericslow-burnominoussuspensefulunsettlingclaustrophobic
What happens
The Cuckoo's Curse (Spanish: El cuco) is a 2023 supernatural thriller film directed by Mar Targarona from a screenplay by Alfred Pérez-Fargas and Robert Danès, and starring Belén Cuesta, Rainer Reiners, Jorge Suquet, and Hildegard Schroedter. It was internationally co-produced by Spain and Germany. The plot revolves around a swap of houses between a Spanish couple (Cuesta and Suquet) waiting for their first child and a couple of old-age Germans (Schroedter and Reiners). The Cuckoo's Curse premiered at 26th Málaga Film Festival on 17 March 2023 and was released theatrically in Spain by Filmax on 15 September 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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