The Cuckoo's Curse
Short description
The Cuckoo's Curse is a drama thriller about two couples who arrange a vacation home swap. Marc and Anna from Spain trade residences with Hans and Olga, a retired German couple they met online. While the arrangement begins peacefully, the experience eventually turns into a nightmare as the elderly pair reveals a sinister plot targeting the younger couple.
The film was directed by Mar Targarona and follows her previous work on Boy Missing, The Photographer of Mauthausen, and Two. The screenplay was written by Roger Danès and Alfred Pérez-Fargas. The main cast features Belén Cuesta as Anna, Jorge Suquet as Marc, Hildegard Schroedter as Olga, and Rainer Reiners as Hans, with supporting roles played by Chacha Huang and David Selvas.
Produced by Rodar y Rodar and Barry Films, this Spanish-American co-production has a runtime of 99 minutes. Audience reception is mixed, with a rating of 5.6/10 based on 975 votes on IMDb and a score of 5.3/10 from 49 votes on TMDB.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film begins with a quote by H.P. Lovecraft: "No death, no stroke of fate, no agony can compare with the despair of losing one’s own self." This quote is from the story "Through the Gates of Silver Key," first published in July 1934.
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