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Penumbra

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A greedy, arrogant woman thinks she's hit the jackpot when she agrees to rent an apartment to a sinister client for several times what the property is worth.

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Jay Weissberg Variety 02/05/2013
There's talent here, but Villanueva, like a young artist still influenced by his elders, needs to find his own style or he'll become a skilled yet unexciting copyist. Go to Full Review
Alison Willmore AV Club 04/19/2012
C+
Since the movie is one long build-up to a reveal, it offers a lot of time to learn to hate Brondo and everything she represents. Go to Full Review
Christian Toto Big Hollywood 09/01/2012
3/4
The film's ending is a letdown, but it's a blast to root for such a brassy, rhymes with "itch" heroine. Go to Full Review
Paul Chambers Movie Chambers 08/29/2012
B
There are several reasons to stay with "Penumbra" until the bloody end. Cristina Brondo makes this bitch-on-wheels likeable. She is a remarkable actress. And, the directors (Garcia Bogliano brothers) know how to build suspense. C'est bizarre! Go to Full Review
Brent Simon Shockya.com 04/25/2012
B
Argentinean import Penumbra is a slick, teasing, well constructed genre offering that rather skillfully exploits audience antipathy toward its bitch-on-wheels protagonist. Go to Full Review
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Jerod S @jeroduptown 09/01/2023 The Penumbra story was horrible but not much of a horror. Young lady trying to rent out her apartment gets sucked into a deadly ritual that comes with the solar eclipse. Cue beheading and suicide and then 3 minutes of her running away. See more 11/28/2016 Le build-up mystérieux ne mène à rien de bien intéressant See more 10/16/2016 Despite a very well directed, acted (the lead actress carries rather long and exhausting conversations as if nothing) film, there's a missing storyline that fully explains all of the walking around, abstract talking and dialogue, and so since you already get very fast paced verbal action (Some of which I couldn't comprehend at times), you are left over saturated when it comes to the rather anti climactic climax, and are left with a resolution that in spite of the "unlikeable" character, is rather convenient to have. I don't think there was much in for the scares except for the unexpected event during the climax, so the movie also comes off as a flat wannabe thriller that leaves one wanting more. See more 05/09/2014 She's Not as Crazy as They Say She Is--A very suspenseful little movie, that might not go exactly the way you expect it to go!! See more 01/29/2014 Workable situational horror with what turns out to be a macabre premise. See more 09/02/2013 And my foreign movie festival ends on a low note. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A greedy, arrogant woman thinks she's hit the jackpot when she agrees to rent an apartment to a sinister client for several times what the property is worth.
Director
Adrián García Bogliano, Ramiro García Bogliano
Producer
Horacio Mentasti, Esteban Mentasti, Alberto Trigo
Screenwriter
Adrián García Bogliano, Ramiro García Bogliano
Distributor
IFC Films
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Spanish
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 20, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 5, 2015
Runtime
1h 25m
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