La hora fría (2006)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.1/10   

Director:

Elio Quiroga

Guionista:

Elio Quiroga (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

14 septiembre 2007 (Spain)

Género:

Horror | Misterio | Ciencia-Ficción

Frase comercial:

Mankind's fate is sealed

Plot:

The eight years boy Jesús has been living in a crumbling underground facility since he was born with...

Plot Keywords:

Cold | Contamination | Obscurity | Bunker

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Pessimist View of the Fate of Mankind

Reparto

Silke	...	María
Omar Muñoz	...	Jesús
Pepo Oliva	...	Judas
Carola Manzanares	...	Magda
Jorge Casalduero	...	Pedro
Julio Perillán	...	Pablo
Sergio Villanueva	...	Mateo
Pablo Scola	...	Lucas
Nadia de Santiago	...	Ana
Marco González	...	Saulo
Luis Sánchez-Gijón	...	Voz Propaganda (voice)

Dirigida por
Elio Quiroga

Créditos del guión (en orden alfabético)
Elio Quiroga		writer

Producida por
Sebastián Álvarez	....	associate producer
Jerôme Debève	....	associate producer
Octavio Fernández-Roces	....	associate producer
Margaret Nicoll	....	associate producer
Elio Quiroga	....	producer
Juan A. Ruiz	....	associate producer
Carmen Sánchez	....	line producer

Música original por
Alfons Conde

Fotografía por
Ángel Luis Fernández

Montaje por
Luis Sánchez-Gijón

Dirección artística
Gabriel Carrascal

Decorados
José Antonio Carmona

Diseño de vestuario por
Mar Bardavío
Helena Sanchís

Departamento de maquillaje
Cecilia Escot	....	assistant makeup artist
Gloria Pinar	....	key makeup artist

Dirección de producción
Juan Lorenzo Prada	....	production manager
Carmen Sánchez	....	production manager

Ayudante de dirección
Emma Bertrán	....	second assistant director
Cristina Vergara Catherineau	....	assistant director
Maya Malonda	....	first assistant director
Luis Sánchez-Gijón	....	second unit director

Departamento de sonido
Carlos Garrido	....	sound mixer
María del Mar González	....	sound recordist
Gabriel Gutiérrez	....	sound editor

Efectos especiales
José Ramón Molina Jr.	....	special effects technician
Juan Ramón Molina	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects
Gerardo Arpide	....	digital effects artist
Régis Barbey	....	digital colorist
Jerôme Debève	....	visual effects supervisor
David Escribano	....	animator
Marga Obrador Gelabert	....	visual effects producer
David Gonzalez	....	digital effects artist
Antonio Lado	....	digital effects artist
César Leal	....	animator
Miguel Martínez	....	animator
Juan Antonio Ruiz	....	visual effects supervisor
Carlos Santos	....	compositor
Santiago Verdugo	....	animator

Especialistas
Ángel Plana	....	stunt coordinator

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Ariana Bonavia	....	first assistant camera
Ramón Muñoz Bravo	....	key grip
Matías Nieto	....	still photographer
Juanjo Sánchez	....	a cam/steadicam operator
José Luis Torrecilla	....	gaffer

Departamento de vestuario
Guadalupe Rodríguez Domínguez	....	costumer
Lupe Rodríguez	....	costume assistant

Departamento de Música
Alfons Conde	....	orchestrator

Otros miembros del equipo
Pablo Barinaga	....	location manager
Raquel Colera	....	production accountant
Cristina Cordero	....	script supervisor

Compañías Productores

• Eqlipse Producciones Cinematográficas S.L.

Distribuidores

• Baditri (2007) (Spain) (theatrical)
• D Productions (2007) (Turkey) (theatrical)
• High Fliers Distribution (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• Lightning Entertainment (2006) (worldwide) (except Spain) (all media) (as The Dark Hour)
• Luxor Entertainment (2007) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Pioneer Films (2007) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• SBP (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Splendid Film (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Transformer (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Transformer (2008) (Japan) (DVD)

Efectos especiales

• La Huella Efectos Digitales SL

Otras Compañías

• Adsa  camera equipment provided by
• CajaCanarias  funding
• Cherokee  lighting
• Comesa  catering
• La Coartada  extras casting
• MovieScore Media  soundtrack

También conocida como:

The Cold Hour (International: English title) (literal title)
The Dark Hour (International: English title)
La hora oscura (Argentina) (DVD title) [es]

Duración:

Spain:92 min | Germany:93 min (European Film Market)

País:

Spain

Idioma:

Español

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Clasificación:

Argentina:16

Locaciones de Filmación:

Jávea, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Compañía:

Eqlipse Producciones Cinematográficas S.L.

Trivialidades:

A post-credit sequence at the end of the movie shows a teddy bear (intended as part of the debris from the extinct Earth) landing on the moon surface near the historical land-site of Apollo XI.

Conexiones de Película:

References The Most Dangerous Game (1932)

Banda de Sonido:

I'm in the mood for love

Pessimist View of the Fate of Mankind

The eight years boy Jesús (Omar Muñoz) has been living in a crumbling underground facility since he was born with eight survivors of an apocalyptical war: the leader Maria (Silke) and her lover Pablo (Julio Perillán); the gays Lucas (Pablo Scola) and Mateo (Sergio Villanueva); the astronomer Magdalena (Carola Manzanares) and the teenager Ana (Nadia de Santiago); the soldier Pedro (Jorge Casalduero) and the lonely Judas (Pepo Oliva). They are permanently is state of surveillance, threatened by the contaminated mutants The Strangers and once a day they have to lock themselves in their rooms without heating to protect against the dangerous ghosts The Invisibles that attack in the Cold Hour. They cannot go to the surface, destroyed by a nuclear war. When they need supplies, medications and ammunitions, they organize expeditions to a store. When the menace of The Invisibles affects the safety of the group of survivors, they need to reach the surface.

"La Hora Fría" is a great low-budget movie showing a pessimist view of the fate of mankind after a nuclear war. The atmosphere is melancholic and claustrophobic and the story discloses the characters through the innocent eyes of an eight years old boy. I expected to find an explanation to their biblical names, but the film never clarifies. The story recalls "The Omega Man", "Day of the Dead" and "28 Days Later...", but is original and supported by a great cast that transmits fear, panic and lack of hope to the viewer, and by an excellent cinematography, using gloomy colors. I was a little disappointed with the ambiguous conclusion, and I understand that Pedro was right and the group was part of an experiment, but I am not sure if this was the intention of the writer. I believe the director Elio Quiroga failed since he was not able to express his real intention in the last scene. Probably due to commercial reasons, the Brazilian title does not correspond to the original Spanish title, as usual. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "A Hora Negra" ("The Dark Hour")