When does Coven come out in Spain?

Coven hits Spanish theaters on October 2, 2020. It arrives on digital platforms on February 5, 2021.

What is Coven based on?

Coven is based on Basque witch trials.

Coven

Name: Coven
Director: Pablo Agüero
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2020-10-02
Duration: 1 h 32 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Àlex Brendemühl, Amaia Aberasturi, Daniel Fanego, Garazi Urkola, Yune Nogueiras

2020

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Release Date

02/10/2020

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In 1609, in the Basque provinces of Bourbon France, the reign of Henry IV of Navarre orders the region cleared of the devil's presence. Five young women are arrested on charges of witchcraft after rumors and sightings of their activities in the forest late at night spread. The task of judging them falls to Judge Rostegui, who has no intention of waiting. His goal is to extract a confession and have them tell him everything they know about the akelarre, a ceremony with magical connotations. Directed by Pablo Agüero, the film stars Amaia Aberasturi and Àlex Brendemühl, who embody the clash between authority and the young women accused.

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Facts about Coven

Releases, age ratings, box office, post-credit scenes and more.

Post-credits sceneNone

Spain releaseOctober 2, 2020

Digital releaseFebruary 5, 2021

Worldwide premiereSeptember 19, 2020

Runtime1 h 32 min

Original languageBasque

CountriesArgentina, Spain, France

Production companiesINCAA, La Fidèle Production, Lamia Producciones

Based onBasque witch trials

Trailer views68K

More ratings

3.6/5Letterboxd67/100Trakt

Awards for Coven

7total awards

21total nominations

Coven Cast

Àlex BrendemühlRostegui

Amaia AberasturiAna

Daniel FanegoSalazar

Garazi UrkolaKatalin

Yune NogueirasMaría

Jone LaspiurMaider

Irati Sáez de UrabainOlaia

Lorea IbarraOneka

Asier OruesagastiFather Cristóbal

Elena UrizMrs. Lara

Jeanne InsaustiGrandmother

Daniel ChamorroSurgeon

Iñigo de la IglesiaSergeant

Ulises Di RomaGuard

Amalia RobinMrs. Lara's Handmaid #1

Amaia AzkueMrs. Lara's Handmaid #2

Teresa AchalandabasoEtcheverry

Cristina YélamosIzaro

Kiko RossiYoung Man

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Cast of Coven by the numbers

45average cast age in years

24years of age gap between the leads

50%women in the cast

36%women in the crew

The youngest in the main cast: Amaia Aberasturi, age 23 at release. The oldest: Daniel Fanego, at 65.

Cast ages at release

Àlex Brendemühl47 years old
Amaia Aberasturi23 years old
Daniel Fanego65 years old

Crew

AddressPablo Agüero
WritingKatell Guillou, Pablo Agüero
MusicMaite Arroitajauregi, Aránzazu Calleja
PhotographyJavier Agirre Erauso
EditingTeresa Font
Production designMikel Serrano
CastingNathalie Camidebach, Flor González, Txabe Atxa
Visual effectsAna Rubio
ProductionFred Prémiel, Koldo Zuazua, Iker Ganuza, Jokin Etcheverria

Trivia about Coven

The co-production between Spain, Argentina and France had a budget of around 2 and a half million euros. Only 200,000 euros came from the State's general aid for feature films.

Pablo Agüero explains that his research led him to the Basque village which, unlike Bretons or Cathars, resisted. The foundation was the notes Pierre de Lancre wrote about his visit in 1609.

After leaving theaters, Netflix acquired the film's rights. For a time, it was the platform's third most popular movie.

At the 2021 Goya Awards, the film won five of the eight nominations it received, and it was the most awarded movie of that edition.

Coven won the Arte Kino International Prize at the VI Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum in 2017, as a winning project.

The casting call drew more than 900 bilingual candidates in Spanish and Basque; many auditioned up to four times, and the six selected actresses trained in singing, dance and acting for several months.

The shoot accumulated more than 100 hours of footage recorded with two cameras and a wide range of lenses, according to Pablo Agüero, who spoke about the filming process.

Several scenes were shot in an old house in Lesaka where Orson Welles had filmed Campanadas a medianoche years earlier; there were also locations in Urbasa and the Balcón de Pilatos.

Sources: Wikipedia (Spanish)