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 | 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:

Visa d'exploitation en France : #111798

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:

Rafael: That would slowly became a game with only one rule: If I don't do whatever she says, then she'll call to the police.

Movie Connections:

References "MacGyver" (1985)

Soundtrack:

Pomp and Circumstance

Fast, funny, well interpreted

Now, this movie is not going to mark the history of dark comedy cinema, but believe me it's waaay better than a whole lot of stuff that has been strewn around by USA, French and Italian makers lately. The pacing is fast, well kept though with a few ludicrously foreseeable passages; the cast is really good in painting the characters, almost all of them well performed and denoted, in landscaping the interpersonal relations and the working environment, in adding the zest of surreality which makes the good of the movie but -at the same time- avoiding the downfall into clownesque. Indeed, there is a clear directorial decision to remove this movie from the "credibility" section, to the surreal/grand-guignol/grotesque side, but the operation is successful, if you do not mind...and if you know where the "FerPecto" inversion comes from, then you'll enjoy it. The very end is indeed below the expectations that the plot built, but you won't guess it in advance.