In the City Without Limits

In the City Without Limits
Directed by	Antonio Hernández
Produced by	José Nolla
Written by	Enrique Brasó Antonio Hernández
Starring	Leonardo Sbaraglia Fernando Fernán Gómez Geraldine Chaplin
Music by	Víctor Reyes
Cinematography	Unax Mendía
Editing by	Patricia Enis Javier Laffaille
Release date(s)	Spain 1 March 2002
Country	Spain Argentina
Language	Spanish
Budget	$800.000

En la ciudad sin límites (In the City of No Limits) is a 2002 Spanish-Argentine thriller directed by Antonio Hernández and starring Leonardo Sbaraglia and Fernando Fernán Gómez. The film was nominated for four Goya Awards in 2003, winning the award for Best Original Screenplay and Geraldine Chaplin winning the award for Best Supporting Actress. It premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on 12 February 2002 and was released theatrically in Spain on 1 March of the same year.

Plot

A young man, Victor (Sbaraglia), arrives in Paris where his family have gathered around his seriously ill father Max (Fernán Gómez), a former mogul now deteriorating physically and mentally. Max begins to behave very strangely as his memories and those of Spain's past begin to cloud his mind. He becomes terrified of the staff taking care of him, he tries to escape from the clinic. The rest of his family assume the old man is mad and begin to squabble of dividing up his legacy, but Victor becomes convinced that his father is being troubled by real events and resolves to find out why.

Cast

• Leonardo Sbaraglia as Victor
• Fernando Fernán Gómez as Max
• Geraldine Chaplin as Marie
• Ana Fernández as Carmen
• Adriana Ozores as Pilar
• Leticia Brédice as Eileen

External links

• En la ciudad sin límites at the Internet Movie Database