The Chalk Line

The Chalk Line (Spanish: Jaula; transl. 'Cage'; also known under the working title La casa de tiza)[1] is a 2022 Spanish horror mystery psychological thriller[2] film directed by Ignacio Tatay, in his feature debut. It stars Elena Anaya.

The Chalk Line
Theatrical release poster
SpanishJaula
Directed byIgnacio Tatay
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyOriol Barcelona
Music bySnorri Hallgrímsson
Production
company
Pokeepsie Films
Distributed bySony Pictures Entertainment Iberia
Release date
  • 9 September 2022 (2022-09-09)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Plot

The story is primarily set in a residential area with upper-class villas.[3] One night, Paula and her husband discover a wandering girl who is obsessed with a monster that will allegedly haunt her once she crosses a chalk square drawn on the ground. After attempting to amend their conjugal relationship, the couple pledges to foster the girl on a temporary basis.[1][4]

Cast and characters

Production

Isabel Peña collaborated in writing the story.[9] The project, a Pokeepsie Films production, was halted due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. Filming resumed in July 2020,[10][11] with Oriol Barcelona on cinematography duties.[12] The film was shot at a number of locations in the Madrid region,[5] including Madrid, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Boadilla del Monte, as well as a set in Villaviciosa de Odón.[4]

Release

Distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment Iberia,[11] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 9 September 2022.

Reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 67% approval rating, with an average score of 6.4/10, based on 9 reviews.[13]

Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas gave the film 78 points ("good"), deeming it to be "candy for thriller lovers", with "good performances and production values", endorsing a "memorable debut".[9] Miguel Ángel Romero of Cinemanía rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, writing that Tatay makes a masterful debut, "a horror-tinged thriller whose strength lies in the acting quality of its protagonists".[8] Jordi Batlle Caminal of Fotogramas rated Jaula 3 out of 5 stars, deeming the debut feature to be a "model exercise in genre cinema, well-made and without authorial pretensions", featuring a "spectacular" plot twist at the height of the hour mark.[14] Marshall Shaffer of Decider.com considered that despite being a "promising feature debut" for Tatay, the film "never quite coheres as it should", failing to "fulfill all its ambitions or breakthrough beyond its (admittedly impressively crafted) atmosphere".[15]

See also

References
  1. ""Jaula", ópera prima de Ignacio Tatay, con Elena Anaya y Carlos Santos en su reparto, llegará a los cines el 9 de septiembre". 73tv. 15 April 2022.
  2. Lasso, Ana (9 September 2022). "'Jaula', un inquietante 'thriller' psicológico que cautivó a Álex de la Iglesia en tan solo un día y esconde una brutal realidad". Sensacine.
  3. Belategui, Oskar (8 September 2022). "'Jaula': Elena Anaya y la pesadilla de ser madre". El Correo.
  4. "Rodajes en la Comunidad de Madrid - Largometrajes cinematográficos 2021" (PDF). Film Madrid. Oficina de Promoción de Rodajes de la Comunidad de Madrid. Region of Madrid Filming Promotion Office. p. 41. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  5. "Primeras imágenes de Jaula, cinta de terror protagonizada por Elena Anaya y producida por Álex de la Iglesia". Cultura Ocio. 28 July 2022.
  6. Simón, Xisco (11 September 2022). "'Jaula': Elena Anaya protagoniza la mejor película española de terror del año". Las Furias Magazine.
  7. Ocaña, Carla (25 October 2022). "Quién es quién en "Jaula", la nueva película de terror de Netflix". mag – via El Comercio.
  8. Romero, Miguel Ángel (6 September 2022). "Crítica de 'Jaula'". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  9. Hernández Luján, Raquel (1 September 2022). "Crítica de Jaula, una película muy solvente sobre terrores reales". HobbyConsolas.
  10. ""La casa de tiza" reinicia de nuevo su rodaje tras el parón por la COOVID-19". La Vanguardia. 9 July 2020.
  11. Ros, Ana (15 July 2020). "La casa de la tiza". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España.
  12. "Pokeepsie Films retoma el rodaje de 'La casa de tiza'". Camera and Light Mag. 14 July 2020.
  13. "The Chalk Line". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  14. Batlle Caminal, Jordi (8 September 2022). "Crítica de 'Jaula': una producción de Álex de la Iglesia". Fotogramas.
  15. Shaffer, Marshall (24 October 2022). "Stream It or Skip It: 'The Chalk Line' on Netflix, a Creepy Kid Thriller with an Outline Drawn Too Lightly". decider.com.
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