Intacto (2001)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

Writers:

Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (written by) and
Andrés M. Koppel (written by)

Release Date:

9 November 2001 (Spain)

Genre:

Thriller | Drama

Tagline:

All bets are on.

Plot:

An enigmatic tale of four people whose lives are intertwined by destiny are subject to the laws of fate...

Plot Keywords:

Luck | Sole Survivor | Car Crash | Casino | Gambling

Awards:

11 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Leonardo Sbaraglia	...	Tomás
Eusebio Poncela	...	Federico
Mónica López	...	Sara
Antonio Dechent	...	Alejandro (bullfighter)
Max von Sydow	...	Samuel
Guillermo Toledo	...	Horacio
Alber Ponte	...	Marido Sara
Andrea San Vicente	...	Hija Sara
Jesús Noguero	...	Cautivo 2
Ramón Serrada	...	Cautivo 3
Marisa Lull	...	Enfermera Planta
Luis Mesonero	...	Gerard
Pedro Beitia	...	Inspector
Jaime Losada	...	Encargado
Susana Lazaro	...	Cautiva

Also Known As:

Intact (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some violence and brief nudity.

Runtime:

108 min | Germany:104 min (DVD version)

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish | English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Las Cañadas del Teide, La Orotava, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Company:

Canal+ España

Trivia:

The film crew could not get permission for filming from a helicopter in the National Park of "Las Cañadas del Teide", so they used a remote controlled mini-helicopter.

Movie Connections:

Features "La ruleta de la fortuna" (1990)

Soundtrack:

Las Palmeras

You cannot remain intact after seeing this

A masterpiece of the new wave of Spanish cinema that is invading the world in this new millennium, this strange, fascinating thriller has one of the greatest ideas of all times used very well till the end of the movie: imagine someone who has the power to steal good luck from other people and using it he may become powerful, but bored in the end. So he uses his wealth to research other people who has the same power or a similar one (people who has survived all sort of terrible accidents) to challenge them in a sort of Russian roulette. Max Von Sydow is the old concentration camp survivor that establish this "game", while other interesting faces of the Spanish scenario are his comrades in this trade over each other destiny that is gripping, tense and full of surprise until the end, when all comes full circle and you exit from the cinema conscious that you have seen a gem, a rare, rare gem.