El juego del ahorcado (2009)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.4/10   

Director:

Manuel Gómez Pereira

Escritores:

Salvador García Ruiz (writer)
Manuel Gómez Pereira (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

30 enero 2009 (Spain)

Género:

Drama

Plot:

A woman reflects on her relationship with her lover, who just killed himself. |

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Premios:

2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Strange choice for a comedy director

Reparto

Clara Lago	...	Sandra
Álvaro Cervantes	...	David
Adriana Ugarte
Abel Folk
Victòria Pagès	...	Madre de Sandra
Víctor Valdivia	...	Rafa
Boris Ruiz	...	Padre de David
Àngels Bassas	...	Madre de David
Mary Murray	...	Margaret
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Jordi Ballester
Àlex Batllori	...	Jugador 2
Juanma Falcón	...	Carlos
Andrea Guasch	...	Chica colegio
Antonio Higueruelo	...	Toni
Luz Juanes	...	Mujer Dueño
Álex Martinez	...	Chico basket 1
Sergi Ruiz
Javier Valdés	...	Dueño coche

También conocida como:

The Hanged Man (Europe: English title) (festival title)

Duración:

Germany:114 min (European Film Market) | Argentina:114 min

País:

Spain | Ireland

Color:

Color

Clasificación:

Spain:13 | Argentina:13

Locaciones de Filmación:

Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Compañía:

El Amigo de Lenon

Errores:

Anacronismos: The story takes place in 1989 but the characters have a music CD of the Spanish group Pastora recorded in 2004.

Banda de Sonido:

Desolado

Strange choice for a comedy director

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The story revolves around some sort of teenage crazy love, and a very dramatic one. Sandra and David meet as kids and grow up together. While Sandra develops as a nice girl, David behavior is always at odds with the world, his unfriendly father, family, school, etc. They stay as friends until one day the affair takes a different dimension. Sandra soon discovers she is not exactly safe with David and, accepting his father suggestion, leaves for Dublin, where she intends to learn English. David follows her and, rebutted, is lost forever. It's a strange choice of film for a director who built a successful career doing some of the best Spanish comedies ever and has remained silent for a number of years. The script, based on a novel, never really gets as gutsy as it should considering the story. Clara Lago is really beautiful and sexy, but her counterpart, Alvaro Cervantes isn't as ominous and dangerous as the role would request. It's entertaining but never really goes as far as it should. As you would expect from a director as proficient as Gomez Pereira, all tech work is excellent.