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Enemies

2025 film

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Enemies (Spanish: Enemigos) is a 2025 thriller drama film directed by David Valero. It stars Christian Checa and Hugo Welzel.

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Plot

The plot follows long enemies Rubio and Chimo, respectively bully and bullied. As Chimo has a chance for revenge, the lives of both are upended.

Production

The screenplay was written by David Valero alongside Alfonso Amador. The film is an Amazon MGM Studios and Atípica Films production. Principal photography began on 11 September 2023 in Alicante.

Release

Enemies was presented in March 2025 at the 28th Málaga Film Festival in a non-competitive official section slot. Distributed by Vértice 360, the film is scheduled to be released theatrically in Spain on 9 May 2025. It will be made available later on Amazon Prime Video.

Reception

Enid Román Almansa of Cinemanía rated the film 5 out of 5 stars, assessing that Valero achieves his purpose with "an impeccable cast and a masterful Christian Checa and Hugo Welzel".

Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas gave the film 85 points ('very good'), writing that "everything flows smoothly and is at the service of an unconventional story in which positive values triumph".

John Serba of Decider.com gave a positive recommendation,declaring the film a "thoughtful, reasonably authentic and intelligent drama about how difficult it can be to take the moral high ground".

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Notable quotes

“His father was no man's friend but his owne, and he (saith the prouerbe) is no man's foe else.”
— Thomas Adams, Diseases of the Soul (1616), p. 53.
“Never give in — never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.”
— Winston Churchill, Speech given at Harrow School, Harrow, England, October 29, 1941. Quoted in Churchill by Himself (2008), ed. Langworth, PublicAffairs, 2008, p. 23
“Never fear your, enemies. A bold fight is the best: we should advance, and not retrograde.”
— William Alanson Howard, Official Proceedings of the National Republican Conventions of 1868, 1872, 1876, and 1880 (1903), p. 250.
“I have political enemies, of course—men who, influenced by party feeling, are not above attacking methods and possibly my official reputation; but personal ones—wretches willing to stab me in my homelife and affections, that I can not believe. My life has been as an open book. I have harmed no man knowingly and, as far as I know, no man has ever cherished a wish to injure me.”
— Anna Katherine Rohlfs, The Mayor's Wife, p. 25 (1907).
“Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people, by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpations.”
— James Madison, speech in the Virginia Convention, Richmond, Virginia (June 6, 1788), in Robert A. Rutland and Charles F. Hobson , eds., The Papers of James Madison (1977), vol. 11, p. 79.
“Les dons d'un ennemi leur semblainte trop à craindre.”
— To them it seemed that the gifts of an enemy were to be dreaded.

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