Zona, La (2007)

Director:

Rodrigo Plá

Writers:

Rodrigo Plá (writer)
Laura Santullo (writer)

Release Date:

9 noviembre 2007 (Spain)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Residents of an enclosed neighborhood in the middle of Mexico DF are shocked by a violent crime, and for one resident in particular, young Alejandro, the drama is ratcheted up when he encounters the lone kid who escaped the event and is hiding out within the neighborhood's borders. |

Plot Keywords:

Storm | Shoe | Neighbor | Power Failure | Security Guard

Awards:

7 wins & 5 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Very good premise, nice execution

Cast

Daniel Giménez Cacho	...	Daniel
Maribel Verdú	...	Mariana
Alan Chávez	...	Miguel
Daniel Tovar	...	Alejandro
Carlos Bardem	...	Gerardo
Marina de Tavira	...	Andrea
Mario Zaragoza	...	Comandante Rigoberto
Andrés Montiel	...	Diego
Blanca Guerra	...	Lucía
Enrique Arreola	...	Oficial Iván
Gerardo Taracena	...	Mario

Dirigida por
Rodrigo Plá

Créditos del guión (in alphabetical order)
Rodrigo Plá		writer
Laura Santullo		writer

Producida por
Pilar Benito	....	executive producer
Rafael Cuervo	....	line producer
Ricardo Fernandez-Deu	....	co-producer
Alvaro Longoria	....	producer

Música original por
Fernando Velázquez

Fotografía por
Emiliano Villanueva

Montaje por
Ana García
Nacho Ruiz Capillas
Bernat Vilaplana

Diseño de producción por
Antonio Muño-Hierro

Diseño de vestuario por
Adela Cortázar

Departamento de maquillaje
Ruth Bermudo	....	key makeup artist

Dirección de producción
Marian Briozzo	....	post-production supervisor
Mireia Ibars	....	post-production manager
Claudia Valdez	....	production manager

Departamento de sonido
Manuel Carrión	....	foley artist
David Rodríguez	....	foley mixer
Carlos Schmukler	....	sound editor

Visual Effects
Juan Manuel Nogales	....	visual effects supervisor
Sergio Ochoa	....	visual effects
Carlos Valladares Pérez	....	digital compositor

Editorial Department
Quique Cañadas	....	digital colorist
Laura Sanchez	....	digital intermediate editor

Production Companies

• Morena Films
• Buenaventura Producciones
• Fondo de Inversión y Estímulos al Cine (FIDECINE) (in co-production with)
• Estrategia Audiovisual (in co-production with)
• Jaleo Films (in co-production with)
• Vaca Films (in co-production with)
• Orio Produkzioak (in co-production with)
• Juan Andreu

Distributors

• NonStop Entertainment (2008) (Denmark) (theatrical)
• NonStop Entertainment (2008) (Estonia) (theatrical)
• NonStop Entertainment (2008) (Latvia) (theatrical)
• NonStop Entertainment (2008) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• NonStop Entertainment (2008) (Norway) (theatrical)

Duración:

Canada:97 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

País:

Mexico

Idioma:

Español

Color:

Color

Clasificación:

Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Italy:VM14 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva)

Filming Locations:

Toluca, Estado de México, Mexico

Company:

Morena Films

Very good premise, nice execution

The premise is very good, all the more so as it describes a situation becoming more and more explosive of our days. Certainly we'll see more movies of the kind in the years to come.

Personally I think that the POV of poor teens trapped into La Zona would have been more interesting, at least from a suspense and action point of view. Following a rich teen dislocates such suspense, plus it means you have to take an interest in a kid who's not the subject of the movie. On the other hand the focus on the private militia of citizens is interesting, yet I'm still a bit unsatisfied.

So, the movie is pretty good, it is a nicely rounded up excellent premise but it could have been much better. As such you don't get out of the theater moved. Emotion, as suspense, is too much diluted into a narration that changes angles too often instead of building up the tension with a limited number of protagonists tied together.