Concursante (2007)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Rodrigo Cortés

Writer:

Rodrigo Cortés (writer)

Release Date:

16 March 2007 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

A black comedy chronicling the fate of the biggest gameshow prize in history.

Plot Keywords:

Prize | Fictional Game Show | Economics

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Leonardo Sbaraglia	...	Martín Circo Martín
Chete Lera	...	Edmundo
Miryam Gallego	...	Laura
Fernando Cayo	...	Eloy
Myriam De Maeztu	...	Santillana
Luis Zahera	...	Pizarro
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Patricia Arizmendi
Guillermo Barrientos
Nadia Casado	...	Alumna
Tomás del Estal
Ángel González Quesada
Amaia Lizarralde
Juan Jesús Valverde	...	El Encargado
Charo Zapardiel

Also Known As:

The Contestant (International: English title)

Runtime:

Germany:90 min (European Film Market)

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Colour:

Colour

Company:

Lazonafilms

Movie Connections:

Features 15 días (2000)

Soundtrack:

Cajas

A must see!!!!

One of the most incredible movies of this year!! Superb!! A half way between a Scorsese made in Spain and Paul Thomas Anderson with a little taste of Billy Wilder and even Tony Scott. You can rarely see a so talented young director. It has a great script, which explains the lies of the banks and the financial system. But it's not boring at all, as if a young Orson Welles decided to guide the daring formal structure. The best editing I've ever seen in Spain, I can tell you, magic, genius. And Leonardo Sbaraglia does his best performance until now, two thumbs up for him. Difficult to believe you're seeing this in Spain. It's an spectacle!! Intelligent, funny, terrible, fast, crazy, intelligent again... Much more than a movie!! It may not be perfect, but it certainly is a great great film!!