Emergency Exit (film)
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| Directed by | Lluís Miñarro |
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| Produced by | Lluís Miñarro |
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| Cinematography | Jimmy Gimferrer |
| Edited by | Diana Toucedo |
| Music by | Anahit Simonian |
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| Distributed by | Sideral Cinema |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | Spain |
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Emergency Exit is a 2025 Spanish surrealist road movie directed by Lluís Miñarro.
Plot
Fourteen people travel in a bus with unknown destination that they cannot leave.[1][2] In the fiction, all the characters except Marisa Paredes' die.[3]
Cast
- Marisa Paredes as actriz / herself[2][4] ('actress')
- Naomi Kawase as antropóloga[1][4] ('anthropologist')
- Arielle Dombasle as Brigitte[1][4]
- Myriam Mézières as Ascensión[1][4]
- Emma Suárez as ginecóloga[1][4] ('gynaecologist')
- Francesc Orella as manager[1]
- Albert Pla as director de cine[1] ('film director')
- Gonzalo Cunill as vendedor[1][4] ('salesman')
- Oriol Pla as sacerdote[1][4] ('priest')
- Aida Folch as ama de casa[1][4] ('housewife')
- Lu Colomina as evangelista[1][4] ('evangelist')
- Miquel Barberá as domador[1] ('tamer')
- Laia Brugarolas as niña[1] ('girl')
- Jhona Burjack as Eros[1]
Production
Lluís Miñarro co-wrote the screenplay with Lu Colomina.[5] Emergency Exit was produced by Lluís Miñarro Producciones and El Viaje Films,[6] and it had the collaboration of 3Cat and ICEC.[7] Shooting locations included Tenerife, La Gomera, and Catalonia.[8]
Release
The film world premiered in the 'Rebels With a Cause' section of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF).[6] It was also programmed in the official selection of the 63rd Gijón International Film Festival.[3] Distributed by Sideral Cinema,[7] it was released theatrically in Spain on 19 December 2025.
Reception
Mariana Hristova of Cineuropa assessed the film to be "a post-modern pastiche" lamenting that "when it isn't quite funny enough – and sadly, that's the case here in some episodes – [it] can feel somewhat dated".[6]
Luis Martínez of El Mundo gave the film a 4-star rating, deeming it to be "unclassifiable, sensual, occasionally provocative, abstract when it wants to be", and, thanks to Marisa Paredes, "even indispensable".[9]
Fernando Bernal of Cinemanía rated the film 4 out of 5 stars considering it a "demonstration of how to work with images through words".[10]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (15 December 2025). "Los estrenos del 19 de diciembre. 'Emergency Exit'. Sin barreras". Aisge.
- ^ a b Sardá, Juan (18 December 2025). "'Emergency Exit': una fantasía sobre la muerte que será la última película de Marisa Paredes". El Cultural – via El Español.
- ^ a b Campos, Sofía (16 November 2025). "'Emergency Éxit': la película sin explicación de Miñarro con la que Marisa Paredes se despidió del cine para siempre". La Razón.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Emergency Exit". Catálogo de Cinespañol. ICAA. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
- ^ Rivera, Alfonso (9 July 2024). "Lluís Miñarro has filmed Emergency Exit". Cineuropa.
- ^ a b c Hristova, Mariana (18 November 2025). "Review: Emergency Exit". Cineuropa.
- ^ a b Sánchez Sequera, Marco (16 December 2025). "'Emergency Exit' – estreno en cines 19 de diciembre". Audiovisal451.
- ^ Suárez Álamo, Victoriano (11 December 2025). "Lluís Miñarro: «Hago el cine que siento y que me dictan mi corazón y la intuición»". Canarias7.
- ^ Martínez, Luis (18 December 2025). "Emergency Exit: Marisa Paredes y el sueño sagrado de una actriz (****)". El Mundo.
- ^ Bernal, Fernando (16 December 2025). "Crítica de 'Emergency Exit': la última película de Marisa Paredes es un poderoso viaje a ninguna parte". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.