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
Javier Jurdao	...	Tipo 1
Manuel Tallafé	...	Tipo 2
Isidro Montalvo	...	Profesor
Paco Churruca	...	Presentador TV
Javier Aranda	...	Policia en camisa
Juan Viadas	...	Julián
Carolo Ruiz	...	Vendedor de coches
Héctor Gómez	...	Vendedor 1
José María Sacristán	...	Rodolfo (as Sacris)
Marta Bódalo	...	Dependienta agencia de viajes
Carmen Ruiz	...	Dependienta video
María Alfonsa Rosso	...	Clienta hurto
Luis Bellido	...	Don Emilio
Fernando Moraleda	...	Barragán
Isabel Osca	...	Doña Asunción
Juan Duque	...	Policía 1
Isa Romero	...	Karmele
Alicia Álvarez	...	Sonia
Ines Maria Guzman	...	Señora Enfadada
Helena Carrión	...	Dependienta de Perfumeria
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ana Campoy	...	Payaso (uncredited)
Alejandro Gadea	...	(uncredited)
Cristóbal Garrido	...	Payaso (uncredited)
Marilo Muñoz	...	Dependienta (uncredited)
Hilario Pino	...	Presentador (uncredited)
Miguel Ángel Refoyo	...	Payaso Bailarín (uncredited)
Óscar Sueiro	...	Extra (uncredited)
Javier J. Valencia	...	Extra (uncredited)

Directed by
Álex de la Iglesia

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

Produced by
Jesus Bilbao	....	associate producer
Roberto Di Girolamo	....	producer
Gustavo Ferrada	....	producer
Vérane Frédiani	....	associate producer
Álex de la Iglesia	....	producer
Juanma Pagazaurtundua	....	line producer
Franck Ribière	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Roque Baños

Cinematography by
José L. Moreno

Film Editing by
Alejandro Lázaro

Casting by
Amaya Díez
Mamen Moya

Art Direction by
José Luis Arrizabalaga
Biaffra		(as Arturo García 'Biaffra')

Costume Design by
Paco Delgado

Makeup Department
José Quetglás	....	makeup artist
Nieves Sánchez	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Imanol Echeverría	....	unit manager
Juanma Pagazaurtundua	....	production manager
Ander Sistiaga	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Telmo Esnal	....	assistant director

Art Department
Imanol Echeverría	....	property master (as Imanol Etxeberría)
Diego Rodriguez	....	assistant property master (as Diego Rodríguez)

Sound Department
Sergio Bürmann	....	sound
Jaime Fernández	....	sound re-recording mixer
Carlos Schmukler	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Antonio Molina	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Nike Alonso	....	visual effects producer
Manuel Barrero	....	digital restoration: Fotofilm Madrid
Félix Bergés	....	visual effects supervisor
Eduardo Díaz	....	digital compositor
Guillermo Orbe	....	digital compositor
Thorsten Rienth	....	digital compositor
Rafa Solorzano	....	digital compositor
Carlos Trijueque	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Cuco Usín	....	stunt double: Monica Cervera

Camera and Electrical Department
Saturnino Beltrán	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Mónica de Pascalis	....	still photographer
Armando Díaz	....	key grip
Alvaro Garcia	....	camera intern
Juanjo Sánchez	....	Steadicam operator
Juanjo Sánchez	....	camera b Steadicam operator
Juanjo Sánchez	....	camera operator: "b" camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Paco Delgado	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Miguel P. Gilaberte	....	digital intermediate colorist
Cristina Pastor	....	assistant editor

Music Department
José Vinader	....	score mixer
José Vinader	....	score recordist

Other crew
Ana Alba	....	production crew: Sogecine
Piti Alonso	....	press attache
Eduardo Chapero-Jackson	....	production crew: Sogecine
Daniel de Juan	....	second production assistant: Barcelona
Urko Errazquin	....	marketing
Natalia Escanciano	....	trainee production assistant: Madrid
Nuria Garcia Atienza	....	production crew: Sogecine (as Nuria García)
Rosa Garcia Merino	....	promotion
Purificación García	....	production secretary
Teresa García	....	production assistant
Javilón Gómez	....	second production assistant: Madrid
Susana Herreras	....	production crew: Sogecine
Jessica Junyent	....	translator
Luis Ruiz Nevado	....	trainee production assistant: Seville
Jorge Núñez	....	trainee production assistant: Seville
Elena Saz Orozco	....	trainee production assistant: Madrid (as Elena Saz-Orozco)
David Sánchez	....	press attache
Francisco Sanchez Ortiz	....	marketing

Thanks
Hilario Pino	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Sogecine
• Planet Pictures
• Digital +
• Etb (Euskal Telebista) (participation)
• Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deportes (ICAA) (collaboration)
• Panico Films
• Programme MEDIA de la Communauté Européenne (support)
• Televisión Española (TVE) (participation)

Distributors

• Warner Sogefilms S.A. (2004) (Spain) (theatrical)
• First Distributors (2005) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• Alfa Films (2005) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Arsenal (2005) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Bazuca Films (2005) (Chile) (theatrical)
• Nexo (2005) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Vitagraph Films (2005) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Xenix Filmdistribution (2005) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Impuls Home Entertainment (200?) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Irfan Film (2007) (Turkey) (all media)
• La Fabrique de Films (France) (all media)
• MegaCom Film (MCF) (2004) (Yugoslavia) (all media)
• SBP (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• SBP (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
• TLA Releasing (2008) (UK) (all media)
• Vivarto (2008) (Poland) (all media)
• e-m-s the DVD-Company (2006) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• El Ranchito (visual effects)
• Molina Efectos Especiales

Other Companies

• Rafael Catering  catering
• Sevilla Catering  catering

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:

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: Say that you love me.
Rafael: Eh?
Lourdes: SAY... IT... NOW!
Rafael: I love you.

Movie Connections:

References Beautiful Joe (2000)

Soundtrack:

Pomp and Circumstance

Outstanding black comedy

After his latest experiment with new genres (no less than a western) with "800 balas", Álex de la Iglesia goes back to his habitual black comedies and proves he is still in top form. "Crimen ferpecto" is probably his most accomplished film so far, and surely the funniest.

Looking back at his oeuvre, there are very good films ("La comunidad" is still his best) but also average ones ("Muertos de risa" had its edge, but was pointless). "Crimen ferpecto" is the deserving follow-up to "La Comunidad", after the failure of "800 balas", and keeps showing the evolution of the director/writer towards creative maturity.

Guillermo Toledo plays Rafael, de la Iglesia's best leading male character so far. He is at his best playing this womanizer in trouble, elegant, seductive and utterly charming. He is accompanied by Mónica Cervera, who will certainly break through in this film after his impressive turn as a retarded young woman in "Piedras". She plays the wicked witch of the men's department, ugly, manipulative, evil but yet a character one can sympathize with.

The high point of this comedy is certainly the part in which the couple visits the girl's family (Gracia Olayo is brilliant in a bit part as Lourdes' mother), the audience could hardly stop laughing. The rest of the footage combines lighter comedy, dark comedy, thriller and even a little share of action.

It's a shame, however, that I could not be pleased by the ending. It's difficult to find a satisfying ending when one has sympathized with both Rafael and Lourdes, who both have played the roles of "good" and "bad" in turns. Eventually both of them get what they deserve, but is life really like that? I expected an edgier ending, but still appreciated "Crimen ferpecto" as one of the best comedies of the year.

Overall rating: 8/10