Wolf Beach (Spanish: Playa de Lobos) is a 2025 comedy thriller film written and directed by Javier Veiga. It stars Guillermo Francella and Dani Rovira.
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Plot
Set in Fuerteventura, the plot follows the escalating interactions between Klaus, a tourist who does not want to get up from the lounge chair at the beach bar, and worker Manu, as the latter begins to suspect that Klaus is not there by chance and is not who he claims to be.
Cast
Dani Rovira as Manu
Guillermo Francella as Klaus
Marta Hazas as tourist guide
Antonia San Juan as taxi driver
Denisse Peña
Asier Etxeandia
Javier Veiga as Florentino
Production
Wolf Beach is a Mediolimón, Zebra (Grupo IZEN), and Epos Cine production, with backing from RTVE and the collaboration from Pampa Films. It was fully shot in Fuerteventura.
Release
The film was presented at the 28th Málaga Film Festival on 21 March 2025. Distributed by Tripictures, it was released theatrically in Spain on 5 December 2025.
It was released in Argentina on 26 February 2026 by Buena Vista International, marking the first film released in Latin America under the revived Buena Vista International label after Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures phased out Star Distribution in the region.
Reception
Sergio F. Pinilla of Cinemanía rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, comparing it to Strangers on a Train, but on a Canarian chiringuito and with a Porteño sense of humour.
Ignacio Camacho of MeriStation rated the film 2½ out of 5 stars, assessing that despite having "a clever script", "it drags on a bit and ends up being less surprising than it sets out to be".
Carmen L. Lobo of La Razón gave the film a 3-star rating, comparing it to a mix of Sleuth and Strangers on a Train, singling out "a mysterious and detestable" Francella as the best thing about it.
Alejandro Lingenti of La Nación rated the film 2 out of 5 stars determining as an otherwise "monotonous" story "driven by an overly drawn-out verbal sparring match between the main characters".
Manuel J. Lombardo of Diario de Sevilla described the "exasperating" film as "a pathetic, never-ending beach duel between a dim-witted beach vendor" and a "supposed Swedish-Argentine tourist".