Fragments (2025 film)

Fragments
Theatrical release poster
SpanishFragmentos
Directed byHoracio Alcalá
Screenplay byFrank Ariza
Produced by
  • Francisco E. Cordero
  • Carmen Aguado
  • Frank Ariza
Starring
CinematographyElías M. Félix
Edited byPablo Gómez-Pan
Music byMaría Vértiz
Production
company
La Noria Producciones
Distributed byAF Pictures
Release dates
  • September 2025 (2025-09) (Zinemaldia)
  • 12 December 2025 (2025-12-12) (Spain)
Running time
91 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Fragments (Spanish: Fragmentos) is a 2025 Spanish drama film directed by Horacio Alcalá and written by Frank Ariza. It stars Emma Suárez, Manu Vega, Asia Ortega, and José Luis García Pérez.

Plot

The married and deeply damaged couple formed by Alba and Diego embark on a trip to an isolated resort run by an older couple (Irene and Ben) whose stability also begins to crumble when they cross paths.[1]

Cast

Production

The film was produced by La Noria Producciones, with the association of AF Films, BTF Media, Match Point, and E-Media Canary Project.[2][3] It was shot in Lanzarote with Elías M. Félix working as director of photography.[2][3]

Release

Fragments premiered in the 'Made in Spain' section of the 73rd San Sebastián International Film Festival.[4] Distributed by AF Pictures,[3] it was released theatrically in Spain on 12 December 2025.

Reception

Pere Vall of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars praising the leading four cast members and the original gaze to the landscape but questioning about the ability to connect with the slow pace of the film. [5]

Enid Román Almansa of Cinemanía rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, writing that the four leads "are equally unsettling and mesmerizing with every glance".[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (9 December 2025). "Los estrenos del 12 de diciembre. 'Fragmentos'. Parejas que se tambalean". Aisge.
  2. ^ a b "Termina el rodaje de 'Fragmentos', nuevo largometraje de Horacio Alcalá con fotografía de Elías M. Félix". Camera and Light Mag. 2 May 2025.
  3. ^ a b c Rivera, Alfonso (25 April 2024). "EXCLUSIVE: Horacio Alcalá filming Emma Suárez-starrer Fragments". Cineuropa.
  4. ^ "Frontera, El canto de las manos, Aro Berria, Balearic, Fragmentos y Queer me". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. 12 December 2025.
  5. ^ Vall, Pere (4 December 2025). "Emma Suárez desarma las relaciones de pareja con una película "para amantes de las historias de amor y desamor diferentes"". Fotogramas.
  6. ^ Román Almansa, Enid (11 December 2025). "Crítica de 'Fragmentos': una historia de esperanza y decepción que incomoda e hipnotiza". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.