La habitación de Fermat (2007)

Directors:

Luis Piedrahita
Rodrigo Sopeña

Writers:

Luis Piedrahita (written by)
Rodrigo Sopeña (written by)

Release Date:

16 November 2007 (Spain)

Genre:

Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Think inside the box

Plot:

Four mathematicians who do not know each other are invited by a mysterious host on the pretext of resolving a great enigma...

Plot Keywords:

Mathematician | Shrinking | Hospital | Shrinking Room | Math Genius

Awards:

4 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Lluís Homar	...	Hilbert
Alejo Sauras	...	Galois
Elena Ballesteros	...	Oliva
Santi Millán	...	Pascal
Federico Luppi	...	Fermat
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Núria Badia	...	Recepcionist
Víctor Benjumea	...	Gas Station Attendant
Ariadna Cabrol	...	Girl
Helena Carrión	...	Library assistant
Cesc Cornet	...	Boy
Juanma Falcón	...	Boy
Alicia Fernández	...	Girl
David Fernández	...	Policeman
Josep Minguell	...	Doctor
Adam Nached	...	Boy
Mariola Ruiz	...	Nurse
San Yélamos	...	Girl

Directed by
Luis Piedrahita
Rodrigo Sopeña

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Luis Piedrahita		written by
Rodrigo Sopeña		written by

Produced by
César Benítez	....	producer
Adolfo Blanco	....	producer
José María Irisarri	....	executive producer
José María Irisarri	....	producer
Manuel Monzón Fueyo	....	co-executive producer
Manuel Monzón	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Federico Jusid

Cinematography by
Miguel Ángel Amoedo

Film Editing by
Jorge Macaya

Casting by
Laura Cepeda

Art Direction by
David Fernández

Costume Design by
Santos Sánchez

Makeup Department
Eva Fontenla	....	makeup artist
Paula Sánchez	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Teresa Enrich	....	production manager
Mariano Liwski	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Anna Aran	....	second assistant director
Carles Valero	....	first assistant director
Àlex Vilà	....	first assistant director: second unit

Sound Department
David Calleja	....	sound re-recording mixer
Licio Marcos de Oliveira	....	sound
Filippo Restelli	....	boom operator
Oriol Tarragó	....	sound designer
Giannie Tognarelli	....	boom operator
Edgar Vidal	....	foley designer
Kiku Vidal	....	foley artist

Visual Effects by
Gloria Bernabeu	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Antonio Higueruelo	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Tadzio Salgado	....	first assistant camera

Editorial Department
José Pedraza	....	digital intermediate colorist

Music Department
Juan Pablo Gonzalez Saccone	....	music mixer (as PJ Saccone)

Other crew
Anna Vilà	....	script supervisor

Thanks
Javier Canteli	....	the directors wish to thank
Borja Echevarria	....	the directors wish to thank
Juan Herrera	....	the directors wish to thank
Inés	....	the directors wish to thank
Luis Lázaro	....	the directors wish to thank
Pablo Motos	....	the directors wish to thank
Emilio A. Pina	....	the directors wish to thank
Ledicia Sola	....	the directors wish to thank
Alicia Torres	....	the directors wish to thank
Carmen Utrilla	....	the directors wish to thank

Production Companies

• Notro Films
• Bocaboca Producciones

Distributors

• Brunbro Entertainment Group (2008) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• A Plus Films (2007) (Turkey) (all media)
• E1 Films Canada (2009) (Canada) (DVD)
• Filmfreak Distributie (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• IFC (2008) (USA) (all media)
• Revolver Entertainment (2008) (UK) (all media)
• Shochiku Company (2008) (Japan) (all media)

Also Known As:

Fermat's Room (International: English title)
L'habitació de Fermat (Spain: Catalan title)
De kamer van Fermat (Belgium: Flemish title) [un]
Fermat' tuba (Estonia) [et]
Fermatuv pokoj (Czech Republic) [cs]
Kapan (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
La cellule de Fermat (France) [fr]
O Enigma de Fermat (Portugal) [pt]
Qube Red (Japan: English title) [en]
Zapadnja Ferma (Russia) [ru]

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Certification:

Netherlands:9 | Canada:PG (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Company:

Notro Films

Quotes:

Pascal: The world is as it was.

Movie Connections:

References "Lost" (2004)

Soundtrack:

Preludio en Si menor BWV 855

Intriguing Premise, Disappointing Resolution

After resolving a test with a sequence of numbers, four mathematicians are challenged by a mysterious man called Fermat (Federico Luppi) to meet in an isolated place to resolve the greatest enigma ever. Each one receives a code name - Hilbert (Lluís Homar), Pascal (Santi Millán ), Galois (Alejo Sauras) and Oliva (Elena Ballesteros) - and heads to a barn in an island. Inside the barn, they find a comfortable room, and sooner their host arrives. They have dinner together and Fermat receives a phone call from the hospital where his daughter in interned in coma. He asks to leave the place for one hour; however, after his departure, the quartet finds that they are locked up in the room. They receive a phone call with a mathematical riddle, giving one minute to their reply; sooner they find that if they do not answer to the questions, the walls move and room shrinks pressed by four Poseidon hydraulic presses. While responding the questions, they try to find the motives why they have been gathered together to be killed.

"La Habitación de Fermat" is another variation of "Cube", with an intriguing premise and a disappointing resolution. The beginning is original, and the suspenseful story works very well until the moment that the identity and motives of the insane murdered are disclosed. Then the plot turns to ridiculous, too complicated for an issue between two men. Would be necessary such expensive and complicated scheme to eliminate a competitor? Further, the fate of Fermat and the policeman is silly and the black humor of the joke with the security belt does not work. My vote is six.

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