El menor de los males (2007)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.3/10   

Director:

Antonio Hernández

Escritores:

Antonio Galeano (writer)
Antonio Hernández (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

14 marzo 2008 (Spain)

Género:

Suspenso

Premios:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Excellent dark dramedy and political commentary

Reparto

Carmen Maura	...	Julia
Roberto Álvarez	...	Eduardo
Verónica Echegui	...	Vanesa
Marta Belenguer	...	Ruth
Antonio Durán 'Morris'	...	Hugo
Xabier Deive	...	Rodero
César Cambeiro	...	Escoriza
Berta Ojea	...	Maria

Dirigida por
Antonio Hernández

Créditos del guión (en orden alfabético)
Antonio Galeano		writer
Antonio Hernández		writer

Producida por
Alfonso Blanco	....	producer
Ramón Campos	....	producer
Luz Chouza	....	assistant producer
Pablo Gayo	....	assistant producer
David Martínez	....	executive producer
Oscar Rodriguez	....	assistant producer
Isabel Vazquez	....	assistant producer

Música original por
Pablo Martín

Fotografía por
Juan Morgade
Javier G. Salmones

Montaje por
Jorge Coira

Dirección artística
Gabriel Carrascal

Diseño de vestuario por
Ruth Díaz

Departamento de maquillaje
Leonor García	....	hair stylist
Romana González	....	makeup artist

Dirección de producción
Javier Zulueta	....	production manager

Ayudante de dirección
Manu Gómez	....	first assistant director

Departamento de Arte
José A. Carmona	....	assistant art director
Esmeralda Díaz	....	assistant art director
Jose Ortiz Expósito	....	construction coordinator
Francisco Guardia Hippie	....	assistant art director

Departamento de sonido
Saturnino Costoya	....	sound
Bernardo Fernández Pedreira	....	sound effects editor
Juan Ferro	....	sound editor
Patrick Ghislain	....	foley mixer
Carlos Mouriño	....	sound
Miguel Seixo	....	sound

Visual Effects
Manuel Barrero	....	digital compositor: Molinare, Madrid
Marco Checa Garcia	....	senior digital compositor: Molinare, Madrid
Fatima Montes	....	digital artist
Ferrán Piquer	....	visual effects supervisor

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
David Acereto	....	camera operator
Pilar Aláez	....	still photographer
José Antonio Barreiro	....	electrician
Jose Manuel Caamaño	....	electrician
Noemi Chantada	....	camera operator
Fernando Collazo	....	electrician
Ángel 'La Reina' Gómez	....	key grip
Peque Griffin	....	Steadicam operator
Berta Haussman	....	video assistant
David Melero	....	gaffer
Ricky Morgade	....	first assistant camera
Ana Portela Rodriguez	....	electrician
Guillermo Sempere	....	assistant camera
Mónica Yañes	....	second assistant camera

Departamento de Edición
Miguel Doblado	....	assistant editor
Miguel P. Gilaberte	....	digital intermediate colorist

Otros miembros del equipo
Israel García Fernández	....	systems administrator
Ana Monteagudo	....	script supervisor

Compañías Productores

• Voz Audiovisual

Distribuidores

• Laptv (2008) (Argentina) (TV)

País:

Spain

Idioma:

Español

Color:

Color

Compañía:

Voz Audiovisual

Excellent dark dramedy and political commentary

"El menor de los males" is a mix of Spanish/black humor comedy, familial drama, thriller, and social and political commentary, and it is very fitting for the current political situation that is sadly common in Spain and, I believe, in all the Western world. It clearly shows the view that the common people have of politicians and people of power, and to do so, the director chooses a genre that is very dear and typical of the Spanish spirit and way-of-being: the realistic satire, with lots of dark humor, irony, sarcasm, and comedy that goes sour just like that, but all with a clear purpose in mind.

The movie starts almost like a comedy, and in fact contains quite a few light-hearted and overtly funny situations along the way. It is set in Julia's house -she's a good-natured woman, in her 50s, and a writer. She suddenly gets visited by Eduardo, her younger brother, an up-and-coming and very ambitious politician in Madrid, with his assistant and his two bodyguards. He tells her that he needs her house because he's going to have a "meeting" with his lover, a very young actress. Julia immediately notices that there's something strange going on, something that goes beyond the secrecy of an adulterous affair, and she will soon enough get involved in a web of lies, betrayal, and dark affairs.

"El menor de los males" is a movie that is best seen and understood nowadays -but it will probably not get outdated in a few years either. It is a little slow at the start, but it picks up speed, and the denouement is quite well resolved -although there's something quite crucial about it that I didn't like, more precisely one of the characters doing something out-of-character which, in my opinion, makes the whole ending a little unbelievable. However, this is a problem which I will gladly overlook, because I think this is an overall good movie, and a certainly nice surprise for those of us who keep expecting something better from the Spanish movie industry than the usual load of careless and completely unnecessary films that pesters our movie theaters and video stores.

My score is 8/10.