Las horas del día (2003)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Jaime Rosales

Writers:

Jaime Rosales (writer)
Enric Rufas (writer)

Release Date:

6 June 2003 (Spain)

Genre:

Drama | Crime

Plot Keywords:

Serial Killer | Insanity | Mental Breakdown

Awards:

7 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Àlex Brendemühl	...	Abel (as Alex Brendemühl)
Vicente Romero	...	Marcos
María Antonia Martínez	...	Madre (as Mª Antonia Martínez)
Àgata Roca	...	Tere (as Ágata Roca)
Pape Monsoriu	...	Trini
Isabel Rocatti	...	Taxista
Armando Aguirre	...	Señor mayor
Anna Sahun	...	María
Irene Belza	...	Carmen
Josep Maria Domènech	...	Señor Tien (as José Mª Doménech)
Fanny Bulló	...	Portera
Pedro Moya	...	Agente 1
Manuel Casals	...	Agente 2
Carmen Porta	...	Hija
Rosa Pastó	...	Recepcionista

Also Known As:

Les hores del dia (Spain: Catalan title)
The Hours of the Day (International: English title)

Runtime:

103 min | France:101 min (Cannes Film Festival) | Argentina:102 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Netherlands:6 | Spain:13 | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Company:

Fresdeval Films

Movie Connections:

Features El corazón del guerrero (2000)

Soundtrack:

The Next Door Party

A curious (and boring) serious killer

Abel is a quiet man that lives with his mother and works in a clothes shop. As most people, he has his little problems and daily routine. He also has a hobby, one thing he does when he is too much nervous: he kills the first person he mets. It is not a bloody murder or perfect, in fact they are pathetic, he is not a blockbuster-killer, he is not more that a person that kills when he is too much annoyed. With these plot, it seems that the film can result quite interesting, but it is absolutely boring, the main character is too much incoherent and stupid, the acting is not precisely good, nor the directing. Most scenes are long and too much slow, which makes the film mostly empty and action-less. It takes 2 hours to explain us a story which doesn't tell us anything, the ending is terribly done and it leaves the taste that you could have done something better with your time, rather than watching this film. Despite that, it is necessary to admit that the murder scenes, though not being very good, are the best of the film. Being able to make a murder something as usual and empty of thrilling is not easy, and the director does it quite well (well, it's its intention), which can make the waiting (for the end of the film) a bit shorter.