Miguel Ángel Solá, Eduard Fernández, Najwa Nimri
On his way to a medical convention, Dr Fausto runs into a man who claims the Doctor removed his stomach eight years ago in a surgical operation. Against all odds, he is still alive. The man turns up r...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 1, 2004
Stats: 27 reviews
A step above the typical horror movie; this is more accurately described as a surrealistic/existential thriller. The most remarkable thing about this movie is that it is engaging, it whips by and leaves the viewer wanting more. The pace is incredible, the rendering of Mephistophe...( read more)
Set in Madrid in the near future, this 'retelling' of the Faustus mythos owes less to Goethe's battle between good and evil or Marlowe's ultimate price for the ultimate pride than it does to Albert Camus and Frederick Nietzsche. This film is very morally ambiguous, not so much ab...( read more)
Quando vi que era espanhol fiquei naquela "hmm?"...
Ultrapassou, bastante, as minhas expectativas, é muito bom!
Inequivocamente, ao inicio parece ser um filme lento, cheio de pormenores complicados a ter em atenção e tal - nada disso! Vai-se desenvolvendo a um ritmo muito bom de ...( read more)
Excellent film. It really is. Based on the old Goethe's Faust myth but with a contemporary approach on it. This can be a very dangerous thing to try, but it turned out, in my opinion, very good. All is done in a very twisted, dark and decaying way. Spanish movies are actually b...( read more)
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