La comunidad (2000)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.2/10   

Director:

Álex de la Iglesia

Escritores:

Jorge Guerricaechevarría (writer)
Álex de la Iglesia (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

29 septiembre 2000 (Spain)

Género:

Comedia | Crimen | Horror | Misterio | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

Una agente inmobiliaria con suerte... Un cadáver descompuesto... Una comunidad de vecinos codiciosos... 300 millones escondidos debajo de una baldosa... Algo huele a podrido en esta casa.

Plot:

Julia finds 300 million pesetas hidden in a dead man's house while selling an apartment. She's a 40-ish...

Plot Keywords:

Apartment | Neighbor | Real Estate Agent | Party | Axe

Premios:

20 wins & 17 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Mammon

Reparto

Carmen Maura	...	Julia
Eduardo Antuña	...	Charly
María Asquerino	...	Encarna (as Maria Asquerino)
Jesús Bonilla	...	Ricardo (as Jesus Bonilla)
Marta Fernández Muro	...	Paquita (as Marta Fernandez Muro)
Paca Gabaldón	...	Hortensia (as Paca Gabaldon)
Ane Gabarain	...	Karina
Sancho Gracia	...	Castro
Emilio Gutiérrez Caba	...	Emilio (as Emilio Gutierrez Caba)
Kiti Manver	...	Dolores
Terele Pávez	...	Ramona (as Terele Pavez)
Roberto Perdomo	...	Oswaldo
Manuel Tejada	...	Chueca
Enrique Villén	...	Domínguez (as Enrique Villen)
Gorka Aguinagalde	...	Camillero 1

También conocida como:

Common Wealth (UK)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and some sexuality.

Duración:

110 min

País:

Spain

Idioma:

Español

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Australia:MA | Netherlands:12 | Portugal:M/16 | Argentina:13 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Spain:13 | UK:15 | South Korea:15 | USA:R

Locaciones de Filmación:

Madrid, Spain

Compañía:

Antena 3 Televisión

Trivialidades:

Towards the last third of the film, when Julia is searching a way to exit the building, she skips through the dead rich man's diaries and several maps of the house can be seen. But one of the last ones, on the left page, is a drawing of the comic book "13, Rue del Percebe" by Spanish artist Francisco Ibañez.

Conexiones de Película:

References Treasure Island (1934)

Banda de Sonido:

Estudiantina portuguesa

Mammon

I especially enjoyed watching again Carmen Maura after seeing her in "Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios". And in general I particularly like Spanish cinema, especially its taste for grotesque and dreamlike situations.

The plot seems to me full of biblical echoes, the soul sacrificed on the Altar of Mammon. If it were not for the end, I would think the director is conveying a "Jesuitic" message. And I am yet not convinced he is not.

Although the very first moments of the film prevents the spectators they are watching a thriller, I wasn't prepared to see such a climax of tension. Once I had "got the story", it was nearly automatic for me to foresee what would happen in the following scene. But at one crucial moment, the film really surprised me. My vote is 7.