The Art of Dying (2000)
"El arte de morir" (original title)

In Spain a young artist has gone missing, and a hardened detective takes on the case. Six friends become the focus of the investigation, being pressured for their knowledge of the artist's ... See full summary »

Director:

Álvaro Fernández Armero

Writers:

Curro Royo (screenplay), Juan Vicente Pozuelo (screenplay)

Stars:

Fele Martínez, María Esteve, Gustavo Salmerón

1 win & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Fele Martínez	...	Iván
María Esteve	...	Clara
Gustavo Salmerón	...	Nacho
Adrià Collado	...	Carlos (as Adriá Collado)
Lucía Jiménez	...	Patricia
Elsa Pataky	...	Candela
Sergio Peris-Mencheta	...	Ramón
Emilio Gutiérrez Caba	...	Quintana
Adolfo Fernández	...	Luis
Pepa López	...	Madre Clara
Mónica Cano	...	Psicóloga
Paul Zubillaga	...	Compañero
Tamara Chenel	...	Chica
Antonio de la Fuente	...	Camarero
Paloma Juanes	...	Madre Candela

Storyline

In Spain a young artist has gone missing, and a hardened detective takes on the case. Six friends become the focus of the investigation, being pressured for their knowledge of the artist's whereabouts. They all deny involvement, and soon they have reason to fear for their lives as it appears a serial killer is hunting them all down. The one friend closest to the artist watches helplessly as his once quiet life is shattered by incrimination, suspicion and ultimately -- horrific violence.

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Plot Keywords:

suspense

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

31 March 2000 (Spain)

Also Known As:

A Arte de Morrer

Company Credits

Production Co:

Aurum Producciones, Canal+, Televisión Española (TVE)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"El arte de morir"
Written by Alfonso Pérez (as A. Pérez), Suso Sáiz, Cristina Lliso and Tito Fargo
Performed by Cristina Lliso

User Reviews

Did he rise from the dead?

People will fatally evoke "los ostros" and "the sixth sense".Those remarkable works did not invent the "trick" though.It was already used in "carnival of souls "(1962).And anyway "arte de morir" owes more to the largely underrated "Jacob's ladder" and to the rather original adolescent movie " Campfire tales" .

"El arte de morir" suffers from a screenplay which lacks focus and intensity and the story does not take off during the first thirty minutes.There are good ideas which suggest that the movie could have been much better than what we see on the screen.I particularly dig the lines "it takes nine months to be born,why would it take so little time to die?"

"There'll come a time when all of us must leave here(...) There' ll come a time when all our hopes are fading When things that seem so very plain Become an awful pain." (George Harrison,"Art of dying","All things must pass " album)