Intacto

Intacto (2001)

  • 72% of critics liked it
    (72 reviews)

  • 81% of users liked it
    (7,642 ratings)

Some people are born with good luck, but others try to attain it however they can -- and at any cost -- in this offbeat psychological thriller from Spain. Samuel Berg (Max Von Sydow) is an elderly man who lives beneath a gambling casino on an island off the Spanish coast. In Berg's world, good… More

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R, 1 hr. 48 min.
Directed By
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Written By
Andres Koppel, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Genres
Drama, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Dec 20, 2002 Limited
On DVD
Jun 24, 2003
Lions Gate Films

Critic Reviews

  • Jan Stuart, Newsday

    Fresnadillo has something serious to say about the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense.

  • Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star

    The casting of von Sydow ... is itself Intacto's luckiest stroke.

  • Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

    Nothing if not hip, but its questions are more coffee-shop hypothetical than genuinely profound.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    I admired Intacto more than I liked it, for its ingenious construction and the way it keeps a certain chilly distance between its story and the dangers of popular entertainment.

  • Loren King, Chicago Tribune

    A clever, original thriller that bows to no genre.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Greg S


    The interesting premise to this Spanish thriller is that some people are luckier than others, and those with the gift of luck play in a series of secret tournaments where they face off against each other, sometimes for fatal stakes. Max von Sydow, playing a Holocaust survivor, is the… More

  • Curt C


    Interesting premise, in which luck is an actual gift that some people possess, who then compete against each other in a series of challenges to determine the luckiest person on earth. At the same time, a wanted criminal is being chased by a cop who possesses this same gift. The… More

  • Nicolas K


    A truly original film, in all levels. A must see.

  • Andre T


    This thriller was first released in Spain during November, 2001, and then internationally on the film festival circuit in 2002. It was directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo.It stars Leonardo Sbaraglia, Eusebio Poncela, Mónica López, Antonio Dechent, and Max von Sydow.The film depicts… More

  • deb .


    <b>"Your gift I discovered and your gift I take away"</b> This Spanish thriller is about having the power to steal another's luck, and then pushing that luck to the deadliest degree for sport. A bank robber, who is the sole survivor of a plane crash is… More

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