Fausto 5.0 (2001)

Directors:

Àlex Ollé
Isidro Ortiz
(more)

Writer:

Fernando León de Aranoa

Release Date:

19 October 2001 (Spain)

Genre:

Horror | Drama

Tagline:

Some desires can become nightmares

Plot:

On his way to a medical convention, Dr Fausto runs into a man who claims the Doctor removed his stomach eight years ago in a surgical operation...

Plot Keywords:

Doctor | Convention | Taxi Driver | Oral Sex | Party

Awards:

13 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Miguel Ángel Solá	...	Fausto
Eduard Fernández	...	Santos
Najwa Nimri	...	Julia
Raquel González	...	Margarita
Juan Fernández	...	Quiroga
Irene Montalà	...	Marta
Carmen Contreras	...	Anciana (as Carme Contreras)
Cristina Piaget	...	Mujer ojerosa
Pep Molina	...	Bielsa
Keke Creixems	...	Presentador
Leonel Valdés	...	Taxista 1
Pep Jové	...	Médico 1
Morgan Searcy	...	Médico 2
Josep Maria Ullod	...	Médico 3 (as Josep M. Ullod)
Motokazu Kawamura	...	Gerente Hotel
Xavier Soler	...	Padre Chatel (as Dr. Soler)
Santi Pons	...	Médico Pasillo
Carles Fígols	...	Revisor
Nico Baixas	...	Chico Ojeroso
Dagmara Ruíz	...	Entermera CAT
Octavio Sena	...	Receptionista 1
Àlex Ollé	...	Hombre 1
Juan Ramis	...	Hombre 2
Jordi Griset	...	Asistente UVI
Anna Diogene	...	Médico UVI (as Ana Diógene)
Younes Bachir	...	Receptionista 2 (as Yournes Bachir)
Rosendo Muñiz	...	Agente Polícia
Adyo Puente	...	Camarero Bar 1
Carlos Laza	...	Camarero Bar 2
Reg Wilson	...	Receptionista 3
Pedro Gutiérrez	...	Camillero CAT 1
Oriol Úbeda	...	Camillero CAT 1
Laia Alemany	...	Joven en silla de ruedas
Renata Braz	...	Chita Archivo CAT
Jose Tortosa	...	Vagabundo que mira
Daniel Oteui	...	Camarero fiesta
Miguel Ángel García	...	Colega Marta
Germán Castro	...	Drag Queen 1 (as Germán Castro STRESS)
Sergio Hernández	...	Drag Queen 2 (as Sergio Hernández del Grupo STRESS)
Juli	...	Drag Queen 3 (as Juli del Grupo STRESS)
José Parramón	...	Drag Queen 4 (as José Parramón del Grupo STRESS)
Glòría Farré	...	Acompañante taxista 1
Tatiana Azevedo	...	Acompañante taxista 2
Paul Atzu	...	Policía interrogatorio
Mariela Nuñez	...	Amiga Margarita 1
Patricia Martínez	...	Amiga Margarita 2
Joan Espury	...	Operario alpinista 1
Rafael Espury	...	Operario alpinista 2
Salvador Chavez	...	Colgado fiesta 1
Semolina	...	Colgado fiesta 2
Laura Pugués	...	Colgado fiesta 3
Joan Francesc Romero	...	Músico 1
Pep Mendoza	...	Músico 2
Gary Bolos	...	Cantante Actuación
Carles Padrissa	...	Vendedor Relojes (as Carlos Padrissa)
Isidro Ortiz	...	Chico Cartel
Chu Uroz	...	Gigoló Anciana
Maria Ollé	...	Niños Delincuentas
Lola Ortiz	...	Niños Delincuentas
Claudia Guevara	...	Niños Delincuentas
Paula Joseph	...	Niños Delincuentas
Paola Manozzo	...	Niños Delincuentas
Ander Sistiaga	...	Chico Silla de Ruedas
Carlos Santana	...	Chico Archivo
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Óscar Borras
Mercè Estrada
Jorge Flores
Saskia Giró
Nacho Leonardi
Teresa Manresa
Alejandro Pinazo	...	Emcee
Miguel Ángel G. Pulido

Directed by
Àlex Ollé
Isidro Ortiz
Carles Padrissa

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Fernando León de Aranoa

Produced by
Eduardo Campoy	....	producer
Fernando Martín Sanz	....	associate producer
Aintza Serra	....	line producer
Thomas Spieker	....	associate producer
Ramón Vidal	....	producer

Original Music by
Josep Sanou

Cinematography by
Pedro del Rey

Film Editing by
Manel G. Frasquiel

Casting by
Sara Bilbatúa

Art Direction by
Leo Casamitjana

Production Management
Ander Sistiaga	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Luis Casacuberta	....	second assistant director
Guillermo Escribano	....	assistant director
Daniel Rivero	....	third assistant director
Carlos Santana	....	second second assistant director

Sound Department
Manuel Carrión	....	foley artist
Ferran Mengod	....	sound designer
Pepe Pleguezuelos	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jaime Puig	....	sound consultant: Dolby
Joan Riba	....	dialogue editor

Special Effects by
Xavi Bastida	....	special effects makeup
José M. Meneses	....	special effects technician: DDT
Juan Serrano	....	special effects technician: DDT SFX

Visual Effects by
Helmuth Barnert	....	digital compositor
Iñaki Gil	....	visual effects supervisor
Javier Martínez Calvo	....	matte painter
Alfonso Nieto	....	digital effects
Leo Obstbaum	....	digital artist
Raul Ortego	....	visual effects supervisor
Raúl Sánchez	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Clara Manguillot	....	stunt double: Margarita

Camera and Electrical Department
Eduardo Bonilla	....	lighting technician
Óscar Faura	....	director of photography: second unit
Celine Gravez	....	video assist
Kike Martínez	....	electrician: dailies
Laura Martínez	....	grip
Roger Martínez	....	first assistant camera
Adolfo Morales 'Fofi'	....	focus puller
Juan Carlos Moreno	....	electrician

Editorial Department
Pau Atienza	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Bob Buchholz	....	english language director
Luci Lenox	....	production assistant
Gloria Soriano	....	script supervisor
Jordi Capdevila	....	graphic assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Creativos Asociados de Radio y Televisión (CARTEL)
• Fausto Producciones Cinematográficas
• Programme MEDIA de la Communauté Européenne
• TV3

Distributors

• 42nd Street Productions S.L.
• CTV International
• Creativos Asociados de Radio y Televisión (CARTEL) S.A.
• Fausto Producciones Cinematográficas
• Laurenfilm (Spain)
• Nucleus Films (2005) (UK) (DVD)
• TF1 Vidéo (2003) (France) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

93 min | Argentina:94 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)

Country:

Spain

Language:

Catalan | Cheyenne | Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Australia:R | France:-12 | Spain:18 | UK:18

Company:

Creativos Asociados de Radio y Televisión (CARTEL)

Goofs:

Continuity: The position of the decanter bottle changes in the two shots of Vella bringing the second drink to Faust. Initially it is above the left door, but then it moves to the middle of the cabinet.

Soundtrack:

Variations on a Cocktail Dress

the missing link

I had a fair idea of what i was looking for, coming to this film. This was a collaborative work, entangled between people coming from films, and people coming from live performances. La fura dels baus are, at the same time, a very interesting group, of people who try to extend and expand the notions of live performance and, more interesting, the notions of interaction with an audience. Basically, their trick is to increase the engagement of people, by bringing them closer to stage, actually, taking the stage to people sitting in front of it.

So i thought i was going to see something similar, regarding film. New ways to engage, a novel way to tell a story that includes the audience, while meaning something.

But film is a total different medium. Different tools, different tricks, different outcome.

The inventiveness and passion you get when watching a performance is here fully replaced by the commitment to build a world, over the real world, that could accommodate the story of the film.

So, we are given a city as if it was an artistic intervention, with all the implied stylization and artificiality. Wrapped Christo-like building, with its interior being actually that of a museum. Transformation of places in the city, by placing groups of people that just don't belong there. The catacombs of the hospital, a good use of space.

This is all great, but the problems of the film begin here. Although this world is perfectly presented, considering what you can do with a city to make it (more) suitable for the story you're telling, this isn't enough to pull us into the film with the same intensity that we are pulled into a show by La Fura. So, despite the effort, the film doesn't leverage the live performances, and i think that was intended.

But you get Barcelona, a fairly interesting one, and we get some great sequences, although disconnected. Of those, the one in the hospital catacombs (which is fundamental in the story) is the best.

My opinion: 3/5

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