X (2002 film)
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| Directed by | Luis Marías |
| Screenplay by | Luis Marías |
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| Cinematography | Federico Ribes |
| Edited by | Fidel Collados |
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Production company | BocaBoca |
| Distributed by | Columbia Tri-Star Films de España |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
X is a 2002 Spanish mystery thriller film directed and written by Luis Marías which stars Antonio Resines, Esperanza Roy, and María Adánez.
Plot
[edit]Failing to remember events after a drunken night and awakening in an unknown bed with blackmailer Natalia, cop Javier goes through his own personal hell as he becomes the prime suspect behind the killing of a young homosexual man, meeting up with the deceased's lame and resentful sister Alicia.[1][2][3]
Cast
[edit]- Antonio Resines as Javier[1]
- Esperanza Roy as Natalia[1]
- María Adánez as Alicia[1]
- Manuel Galiana as Fernando[1]
- Pere Arquillué[1]
- Antonio Dechent[4]
- Marta Belaustegui as Beatriz[1]
Production
[edit]The film is a BocaBoca production.[3] It was shot in the Summer of 2000.[5]
Release
[edit]Distributed by Columbia TriStar Spain,[1] the film was released theatrically in Spain on 14 June 2002.[2]
Reception
[edit]Casimiro Torreiro of El País deemed the film to be "a more than stimulating first work", "with an inspiration that is not abundant in the scripts of criminal films [in Spanish cinema], actors adjusted to their rather thankless roles and a plot that locks its protagonist in a suffocating incriminating circle".[4]
Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be "efficient and well-played, with sharp and silly plot twists in equal measure", but featuring "little else to generate enthusiasm in what is basically another riff on the battered cop theme".[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i Holland, Jonathan (7 July 2002). "X". Variety.
- ^ a b Torreiro, Mirito (29 May 2008). "X". Fotogramas.
- ^ a b Silió, Elisa (14 June 2002). "Antonio Resines, un policía en apuros". El País.
- ^ a b Torreiro, Casimiro (13 June 2002). "Un primer trabajo estimulante". El País.
- ^ "Luis Marías dirige "X", una indagación en el cine negro". El Mundo. 14 June 2002.