Incautos (2004)

Director:

Miguel Bardem

Writers:

Miguel Bardem (writer)
Carlos Martín (writer)

Release Date:

9 julio 2004 (Spain)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller | Drama

Plot:

In a flashback, Ernesto, a young con man, tells us how he got to the edge of a big score: childhood in an orphanage...

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | Con Man

Awards:

2 wins & 4 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Outstanding Criminal Thriller! Great cast too

Cast

Ernesto Alterio	...	Ernesto
Victoria Abril	...	Pilar
Federico Luppi	...	Federico
Manuel Alexandre	...	Manco
Gilbert Melki	...	Mellado
Alejandro Casaseca	...	Gitano
Manuel Morón	...	Orozco
Jesús Castejón
Alfredo Villa	...	Rafael
Roman Luknár
Juan Meseguer
Christopher de Andrés
Marta Nebot
Antonio Gutti
Lucina Gil
David Pinilla
José Ángel Egido	...	Cura
Janfri Topera	...	Padre de Ernesto
José Olmo
Chicho Campillo
Sergio Lanza
Luis Gatóo
Cristina Segarra
Secun de la Rosa	...	Dependiente joyería
Álvaro Roig
Rafa Castejón
Fermí Herrero
Ángel Alcázar	...	Amigo Rafael 1
Enrique Villén
Paco Clement
Mercedes Castro
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Marián Álvarez	...	Miriam
Maite Blasco	...	Tía de Miriam
Juan Calot
Jeannine Mestre		(as Janine Mestre)
Ciro Miró	...	Amigo rafa 2
Andreas Muñoz
Javier Pérez-Acebrón
Álex Quiroga
Carlos Rodríguez	...	Gitano niño
Susi Sánchez	...	Madre de Miriam
Ana Vega	...	Telephonist (as Ana Vega Campos)

Dirigida por
Miguel Bardem

Créditos del guión (in alphabetical order)
Miguel Bardem		writer
Carlos Martín		writer

Producida por
Francisco Ramos	....	producer

Música original por
Juan Bardem

Fotografía por
Thierry Arbogast

Montaje por
Iván Aledo

Diseño de vestuario por
Tatiana Hernández

Dirección de producción
Marta Miró	....	production manager

Ayudante de dirección
Jorge Calvo	....	first assistant director
Nacho Fernández de Tejada	....	second assistant director
Karin Marzocchini	....	third assistant director

Departamento de sonido
Jaime Fernández	....	sound re-recording mixer

Efectos especiales
Pau Costa	....	special effects
Javier Jal	....	special effects technician

Especialistas
Cuco Usín	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Matías Nieto	....	still photographer

Music Department
José Vinader	....	score mixer
José Vinader	....	score recordist

Otros miembros del equipo
Catalina Cabrera	....	script supervisor
Marta Sánchez	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Alquimia Cinema

Distributors

• Eurocine (2006) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Hispano Foxfilms S.A.E. (Spain)
• Mandala Films (2006) (Mexico) (all media)
• TLA Releasing (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• TLA Releasing (2006) (USA) (DVD)

También conocida como:

Swindled (USA)

Duración:

Spain:110 min | Argentina:112 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)

País:

Spain

Idioma:

Español

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Spain:18 | Argentina:16

Company:

Alquimia Cinema

Movie Connections:

References The Grifters (1990)

Soundtrack:

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Outstanding Criminal Thriller! Great cast too

This is an outstanding criminal thriller, and with a great cast too. Spanish language cinema's best and most popular actors of the past couple of decades, Victoria Abril and Federico Luppi, team up in one of the better Spanish language crime thrillers of 2004-5.

The film begins by focusing on thirty something Ernesto (Ernesto Alterio), an elegant, attractive and slick thief who learned from childhood friend Gitano, and more recently from Manco, an old seasoned swindler. Manco introduces Ernesto to Federico (Federico Luppi), an also elegant, but more astute & experienced methodical thief - the best in his class.

Federico's only known weakness is Pilar (Victoria Abril), his former mistress and partner. She suddenly appears and proposes a fabulous rip-off scheme to her former lover, a crime in grand scale, which will eventually require the help of Ernesto, Manco and Gitano, among others.

The script is full of twists and surprising reversals, particularly towards the end of the film. One criticism about the film I've heard a lot is that there are too many plot twists towards the end, but I disagree. The film captivates the audience so much that all the unexpected events are not too much to follow. In fact, these are what make the film outstanding. I highly recommend it.