Crimen ferpecto (2004)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Álex de la Iglesia

Writers:

Jorge Guerricaechevarría (screenplay) &
Álex de la Iglesia (screenplay)

Release Date:

22 October 2004 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Plot:

Rafael is the best salesman in the biggest department store of Madrid. He is a fascinating man; all his colleagues fell in love for him...

Plot Keywords:

Salesman | Corpse | Homicide | Womanizer | Talk To Camera

Awards:

2 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

Guillermo Toledo	...	Rafael González
Mónica Cervera	...	Lourdes
Luis Varela	...	Don Antonio Fraguas
Enrique Villén	...	Comisario Campoy
Fernando Tejero	...	Alonso
Javier Gutiérrez	...	Jaime
Kira Miró	...	Roxanne
Rosario Pardo	...	Señora despistada
Gracia Olayo	...	Concha
José Alias	...	Matías
Penélope Velasco	...	Susana
Montse Mostaza	...	Helena (as Montserrat Mostaza)
Eduardo Gómez	...	Taxista
Enrique Martínez	...	Pepón
Alicia Andújar	...	Desiree

Also Known As:

Crimen perfecto (Italy) (DVD title)
El Crimen Perfecto (The Perfect Crime) (USA)
Ferpect Crime (International: English title)

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

Spain | Italy

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:Unrated | Brazil:14 | Australia:MA | Netherlands:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Spain:18 | Argentina:13 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Chile:14 | Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Spain

Company:

Sogecine

Trivia:

In last scene, several of the clowns and journalists were really fans of Álex de la Iglesia. They were invited by the director himself for supporting him through his official website.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The inspector pulls Don Antonio's bridgework out of the hot furnace on a shovel, picks it off the shovel with tweezers, and drops it into a plastic bag. It should have melted the bag!

Quotes:

Lourdes: You ain't goin' to go anywhere.
Rafael: You are... threatening me?
Lourdes: Yes.

Movie Connections:

References Seabiscuit (2003)

Soundtrack:

Pomp and Circumstance

Fast and funny.

I Just can't get enough of this. I watched this movie alone the first time, then I showed it to my flat mates. Now I'm looking forward to the next time friends visit me so I can watch this movie again with them.

The thing I liked most about this movie was the extremely smooth way of telling the story. As the movie started, I almost immediately got sucked into the story by the hypnotic, yet very funny way of displaying the plot. Not only the script or the acting, but also camera, light, sound and editing - all aspects of the movie presentation where thoughtfully placed and dozed to make up the right mix for a really well made movie.

The way of telling the story is almost a story for itself. The sequence of the scenes performs twists of its own, the way they are filmed and edited adds a whole new level, a sub plot so to speak. The scene presentation, the "image", plays an important role and I'd say it's the most grave factor that makes this movie unique.

The pace of the movie (regarding the story telling style, not the plot itself) slows down towards the end to leaves space for more roughness and suspense.

I really hope to see much more of Alex del la Iglesia in the future because what I got to see yet is always getting even better.

8 out of 10.