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

Director:

Jaume Balagueró

Writers:

Jaume Balagueró (screenplay) and
Alberto Marini (screenplay)

Release Date:

19 January 2007 (Spain)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

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

Plot:

Mario and his pregnant girlfriend Clara are trying to find in a short period a new apartment to live...

Plot Keywords:

Shaky Camera Shot | Hand Cut Off | Violence | Dropping Plate | Sleeping

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

Directed by
Jaume Balagueró

Writing credits
Jaume Balagueró		(screenplay) and
Alberto Marini		(screenplay)

Produced by
Álvaro Augustín	....	producer
Carlos Fernández	....	executive producer
Julio Fernández	....	producer
Santiago Gimeno	....	executive producer
Narciso Ibáñez Serrador	....	executive producer
Aitor Montánchez	....	executive producer
Goretti Pagès	....	line producer

Original Music by
Roque Baños
Mariano Marín

Cinematography by
Pablo Rosso

Film Editing by
Frank Gutiérrez		(as Fran Gutiérrez)

Art Direction by
Alain Bainée

Set Decoration by
Marina Pozanco

Costume Design by
Núria Cardoner

Makeup Department
Mariona Trias Campana	....	makeup artist (as Mariona Trias)
Imma Pérez	....	hair stylist
José Quetglás	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Bernat Rifé	....	assistant production manager
Marta Sánchez	....	production manager
Félix Rodríguez	....	post-production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Pepo Alba	....	second assistant director
Inés Lugo	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Chan Canelo	....	painter
Jun Matsuura	....	storyboard artist
Marina Pozanco	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Rubén Carregal	....	foley editor
Rubén Carregal	....	foley recordist
Manuel Carrión	....	sound effects editor
Iñaki Díez	....	boom operator
Dani Fontrodona	....	sound
Oriol Tarragó	....	supervising sound editor

Visual Effects by
Sergio Garcia Abad	....	senior cgi artist
Úrsula García	....	visual effects producer
Pablo Hernández-Meléndez	....	senior cgi artist
Laura Maynadé	....	digital intermediate coordinator
Inma Nadela	....	digital compositor
Guillermo Orbe	....	digital compositor
Thorsten Rienth	....	digital compositor
Rubén Sanz	....	visual effects line producer
Rafa Solorzano	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Chuck Torres	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Águeda Balogh	....	second assistant camera
José Luis Bernal	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Jordi Florensa	....	focus puller: second unit
Lia Giralt	....	electrician
Froilán Lugilde	....	electrician
Xavier Sarasa	....	gaffer
Ramón Sánchez	....	steadicam

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Fran Cruz	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Sandra Picher	....	post-production coordinator
Laura Sanchez	....	film scanner

Other crew
Vicente Canales	....	head of sales
Joan Coll	....	production assistant
Pol Gutiérrez	....	production runner
Helena Moreno Núñez	....	development executive
Anna Oms	....	documentation
Martin Samper	....	making-of
Elena Serra	....	development executive

Production Companies

• Estudios Picasso
• Filmax
• Telecinco
• Generalitat de Catalunya - Institut Català de les Indústries Culturals (ICIC) (as L'Institut Català de les Indústries Culturals) (in collaboration with)
• Castelao Producciones (as Castelao Productions) (copyright holder)
• DRAX audio (sound recording)

Distributors

• Telecinco (2006) (Spain) (TV)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2009) (UK) (TV) (BBC2)
• KinoVista (2006-2008) (France) (TV)
• Lionsgate (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• P.F.A. Films (2006) (Italy) (all media)
• SBP (2006) (Argentina) (DVD)
• SBP (2006) (Argentina) (VHS)

Special Effects

• El Ranchito (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Generalitat de Catalunya - Institut Català de les Indústries Culturals (ICIC)  collaboration

Also Known As:

"Películas para no dormir: Para entrar a vivir" - Spain (original title)

Runtime:

68 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Germany:16 | Spain:18 | Portugal:M/16

Filming Locations:

Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Company:

Estudios Picasso

Trivia:

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

Soundtrack:

Hada

A solid entry to this hit and miss series

"To Let" is a satisfyingly chilling tale about a psychotic estate agent and the unfortunate visitors to a decaying apartment block.

This is a splendid made for television movie that just goes to show that Euro horror is alive and well. The production doesn't mess about - the pace is fast and the shocks are constant. A genuinely tense atmosphere is maintained throughout the film. The performances from the small cast are also excellent.

A highly recommended installment from talented director Jaume Balagueró, best known for his (REC) movies. Balagueró really seems to love his creepy apartment blocks as there are small touches of (REC) in this earlier work.

8 out of 10.