Jumping the Fence (Spanish: El salto) is a 2024 Spanish-French drama film directed by Benito Zambrano and written by Flora González Villanueva which stars Moussa Sylla, Edith Martínez-Val, Eric Nantchouang, and Nansi Nsue.
The film is a Spanish-French co-production by Cine 365 Films Canarias AIE, Cine365 Films Producciones Cinematográficas, Virtual Contenidos, Castelao Pictures and Noodles Productions.[2] It had the participation of ICAA, Orange, Movistar Plus+, RTVE, and Canal Sur.[5] Shooting locations included Madrid and Tenerife.[5]
Release
The film world premiered at the 27th Málaga Film Festival on 3 March 2024.[6] Distributed by Filmax,[7] it was released theatrically in Spain on 12 April 2024.[8]
Reception
Javier Ocaña of Cinemanía rated the film 2½ out of 5 stars, writing that there were "little cinema and a lot of good intentions", while also assessing the film to be the worse picture so far of Zambrano's solid career.[9]
Salvador Llopart of La Vanguardia rated the film 2 out of 5 stars, lamenting that "the protagonists turn out to be schematic ideas rather than real characters".[10]
Laura Pérez of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, assessing that it "is overly explanatory", but also writing that "it takes flight in the sequence of the fence jumping".[11]
Carlos Boyero of El País lamented that "it took so long for the horror [of the ending] to arrive" (in which "everything is truthful and terrible" to him) [because] he found the film to be "easy and predictable" before.[12]
