La vida de nadie (2002)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Eduard Cortés

Writers:

Eduard Cortés (writer)
Piti Español (writer)

Release Date:

21 February 2003 (Spain)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Tagline:

It all began with a little white lie.

Plot Keywords:

Scholarship | Money | Female Nudity | Male Female Relationship | Singing

Awards:

2 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

José Coronado	...	Emilio
Adriana Ozores	...	Ágata
Marta Etura	...	Rosana
Roberto Álvarez	...	Jose
Adrián Portugal	...	Sergio
Laura Conejero	...	Tina
Eduardo Marchi	...	Padre de Emilio
Concha Hidalgo	...	Suegra
Juan Antonio Quintana	...	Suegero (as Juan A. Quintana)
Empar Ferrer	...	Jefa Banco de España
Susi Sánchez	...	Directora colegio
Gara Muñoz	...	Cristina
Tamara Bautista	...	Luisa
Rosa Merás	...	Cuñada
Maite Pisonero	...	Directora sucursal

Also Known As:

Nobody's Life (International: English title)

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Argentina:13 | Spain:13

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Spain

Company:

Antena 3 Televisión

Movie Connections:

Version of L'adversaire (2002)

It all started with a small lie...

Emilio is a successful business man, a perfect father and a good husband. Or that is what everybody think. The perfect storyline he has carefully built all along these years will start closing around him all of a sudden. Will he be able to keep up with his own lies?

This is a very well laid out drama, with great acting and steady direction. Even though the plot is pushed up to the limit to increase the tension, the movie explores some of our worst fears... Do we really know the people we deal with? Can we be so sure?

The story develops at an increasingly faster pace as it reaches the point where Emilio is not in control of his lies anymore. A good deal of Spanish movies have interesting stories but are far from technical proficiency. The perfect rhythm and well shot scenes make the actors so credible, we get inside Emilio, and hate him, and suffer for him, as his situation gets more and more desperate. There is no need for any Spanish folklore, nor is this an attempt to create a Hollywood style flick. This is real Spain, 2002, and regardless the obvious unlikeliness of Emilio's life existing in reality, there are good chances somebody we know is not quite like the person he claims to be. Not just a great commercial product, it will let you wondering where lies can get us to. Can we keep up?

Well done.