Dementia (2006 film)

Dementia (Tentarno) is a 2006 Spanish psychological thriller film directed by Fernando Cámara (filmmaker) from a screenplay by Patxi Amezcua which stars Ingrid Rubio and Najwa Nimri.

Plot
Traumatised and unhinged Elena, obsessed with becoming a mother, visits the residence of pregnant sister Natalia, living a happy life, thereby triggering a conflict.

Production
The screenplay was penned by Patxi Amezcua. Cámara acknowledged that the film was derivative of titles such as Single White Female, Fatal Attraction or The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. Playing the film's "good" sister against type, Najwa Nimri stated that she was "not used to playing linear roles, without psychological problems" and that she accepted the role as a challenge. The film was produced by DeAPlaneta PC with backing from TVC.

Release
The film was released theatrically in Spain on 17 November 2006.

Critical reception
Javier Ocaña of El País deemed the film to be "a correct intrigue around motherhood, psychic imbalance and consanguinity, which gathers references of multiple genre classics" to end up underpinning "a certainly solvent product".