Ausentes (2005)

Director:

Daniel Calparsoro

Writers:

Daniel Calparsoro (writer)
Ray Loriga (writer)
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Release Date:

16 September 2005 (Spain)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

Your Worst Nightmare Hides In The Light.

Plot Keywords:

Suburbia

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Ariadna Gil	...	Julia
Jordi Mollà	...	Samuel
Nacho Pérez	...	Félix
Omar Muñoz	...	Luís
Mar Sodupe	...	María
Àlex Brendemühl	...	Jefe de personal
Félix Granado	...	Paramédico

Directed by
Daniel Calparsoro

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Daniel Calparsoro		writer
Ray Loriga		writer
Elio Quiroga		writer

Produced by
Juan Alexander	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Carlos Jean

Cinematography by
Josep M. Civit

Film Editing by
Iván Aledo

Casting by
Amado Cruz

Production Design by
Pilar Revuelta

Art Direction by
Pilar Revuelta

Costume Design by
Bernardino Cervigón

Makeup Department
Karina Arbulú	....	assistant hair stylist
Yael Fernández	....	assistant hair stylist
Almudena Fonseca	....	makeup artist
Martha Marín	....	hair stylist
Mar Paradela	....	assistant hair stylist
Esther Vázquez	....	assistant hair stylist

Production Management
Mari Arnedo	....	assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sara Mazkiarán	....	assistant director
Jacob Santana	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Tony Galindo	....	poster design

Sound Department
David Álvarez	....	assistant sound mixer
Rubén Carregal	....	foley editor
Rubén Carregal	....	foley mixer
Rubén Carregal	....	foley recordist
Manuel Carrión	....	foley artist
Tomás Erice	....	boom operator
Iván Marín	....	sound recordist
James Muñoz	....	supervising sound editor
Marc Orts	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ricardo Viñas	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby

Special Effects by
Reyes Abades	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Aníbal del Busto	....	digital compositor
Eduardo Díaz	....	digital compositor
Joaquín Jordán	....	digital compositor
Guillermo Orbe	....	digital compositor
Thorsten Rienth	....	digital compositor
Carlos Trijueque	....	digital compositor

Stunts
David Andrade	....	stunts
Elena	....	stunts
Diego García	....	stunts
Joaquín Ortega	....	precision driver

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Santiago Calle	....	assistant costume designer
Bubi Escobar	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Javier Ugarte	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Gavin Wright	....	musician

Other crew
Antonio Bazaga	....	production coordinator
Carla Calparsoro	....	child acting coach
Susana de la Mata	....	production assistant
Patricia Echevarría	....	marketing director
Javier Hernanz Zajara	....	creative services manager
Vivien Quetglas	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Estudios Picasso
• Star Line TV Productions S.L.

Distributors

• Cathay-Keris Films (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Lighthouse Pictures (2006) (Singapore) (all media)

Special Effects

• El Ranchito (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Filmigranas  sound post-production

Also Known As:

The Absent (Singapore: English title)

Runtime:

Spain:91 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Certification:

Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Company:

Estudios Picasso

Movie Connections:

Remade as The Absent (2010)

i've been deceived

along the history of cinema, there's been a few films that deceived the viewer, such as hitchcock's "stage fright", alejandro amenábar's "abre los ojos", David fincher's "the game" and this one "ausentes" ("absent"). to begin with, i don't like this kind of films, i feel like somebody is trying to pull my leg.

furthermore, after seeing this film one doesn't know what happened, is such a confusing film. kubrick's "the shining" may be a better or a worse movie, but definitely is more honest than this load of pretentious and dubious situations.

technically is fine -nice photography, fair performance and so on, but the script is so poor i wonder what did the producers see to carry on and shoot this crap.

and this film remarks the 3 guys that wrote the script (calparsoro, loriga and quiroga) are lost in cinema trying to make a masterpiece -or trying to do something to fulfill their stomachs, awaiting for more personal projects.