Films to Keep You Awake: To Let (2006)
"Películas para no dormir: Para entrar a vivir" (original title)

Mario and his pregnant girlfriend Clara are trying to find in a short period a new apartment to live since they have sold their apartment and they need to move in fifteen days. When Mario ... See full summary »

Director:

Jaume Balagueró

Writers:

Jaume Balagueró (screenplay), Alberto Marini (screenplay)

Stars:

Macarena Gómez, Nuria González, Adrià Collado

Cast

Credited cast:
Macarena Gómez	...	Clara
Nuria González	...	Portera
Adrià Collado	...	Mario
Ruth Díaz	...	Chica
Roberto Romero	...	Hijo Portera
David Sandanya	...	Niño
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Julieta Marocco

Storyline

Mario and his pregnant girlfriend Clara are trying to find in a short period a new apartment to live since they have sold their apartment and they need to move in fifteen days. When Mario finds an attractive advertisement in his mailbox, he convinces Clara to visit the place with him. He drives to a far area in the periphery and meets the real estate agent in front of an old building in an abandoned neighborhood. When the couple sees the apartment, they do not like it but they are forced to stay.

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Plot Keywords:

shaky camera shot | hand cut off | violence | dropping plate | sleeping | 

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Taglines:

El piso ideal... para sufrir tu peor pesadilla. (The perfect flat... to suffer your worst nightmare.)

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

19 January 2007 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Na Teia do Mal

Filming Locations:

Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Company Credits

Production Co:

Estudios Picasso, Filmax, Telecinco

Technical Specs

Runtime:

68 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Clara works at St. Jaume Hospital. The director's first name is Jaume.

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Soundtracks

"Hada"
(uncredited)
Performed by Carlos Ann

User Reviews

Rental mental.

Basically, a young couple (with the woman being in a state of pregnancy) are shown around an out of the way apartment by a woman who seems keen to get them to stay. In fact, she's so keen that she doesn't want them to leave and this is why things quickly turn into a tense, disturbing kind of anti-Pacific Heights.

I don't want to reveal too much but there are some good twists here and the film should keep you on your toes when things get moving along (as they do quite quickly). The violence that occurs is particularly disturbing and nasty, which should please genre fans, and the whole thing retains an atmosphere of gritty displeasure while also being entertaining, a fine balance that is kept right up until a suitable ending.

The acting is fine and everything on a technical level is executed well enough to assure that you have no distractions from the antics of the barmy landlady and her imprisoned prospective tenants. Nothing really stands out as special but everything is just so straightforwardly, and enjoyably, thrilling that you don't need any "bells or whistles".

A very good little piece that deserves to be seen by more people.

See this if you like: Vacancy, Pacific Heights, Misery.