MOVIEmeter
SEE RANK
Down 1,909 this week

La hora fría (2006)

6.0
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 6.0/10 from 1,070 users  
Reviews: 9 user | 24 critic

The eight years boy Jesús has been living in a crumbling underground facility since he was born with eight survivors of an apocalyptical war: the leader Maria and her lover Pablo; the gays ... See full summary »

Director:

Writer:

0Check in
0Share...

User Lists

Related lists from IMDb users

a list of 1500 titles created 1 month ago
 
a list of 407 titles created 27 Mar 2012
 
a list of 1508 titles created 1 month ago
 
a list of 240 titles created 01 Mar 2011
 
a list of 1965 titles created 9 months ago
 

Connect with IMDb


Share this Rating

Title: La hora fría (2006)

La hora fría (2006) on IMDb 6/10

Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

Take The Quiz!

Test your knowledge of La hora fría.

Photos

Edit

Cast

Cast overview:
...
María
Omar Muñoz ...
Jesús
Pepo Oliva ...
Judas
Carola Manzanares ...
Magda
Jorge Casalduero ...
Pedro
...
Pablo
Sergio Villanueva ...
Mateo
Pablo Scola ...
Lucas
Nadia de Santiago ...
Ana
Marco González ...
Luis Sánchez-Gijón ...
Voz Propaganda (voice)
Edit

Storyline

The eight years boy Jesús has been living in a crumbling underground facility since he was born with eight survivors of an apocalyptical war: the leader Maria and her lover Pablo; the gays Lucas and Mateo; the astronomer Magdalena and the teenager Ana; the soldier Pedro and the lonely Judas. They are permanently is state of surveillance, threatened by the contaminated mutants The Strangers and once a day they have to lock themselves in their rooms without heating to protect against the dangerous ghosts The Invisibles that attack in the Cold Hour. They cannot go to the surface, destroyed by a nuclear war. When they need supplies, medications and ammunitions, they organize expeditions to a store. When the menace of The Invisibles affects the safety of the group of survivors, they need to reach the surface. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Plot Summary | Add Synopsis

Taglines:

Mankind's fate is sealed

Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Edit

Details

Country:

Language:

Release Date:

14 September 2007 (Spain)  »

Also Known As:

The Cold Hour  »

Company Credits

Show detailed on  »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

| (European Film Market)

Color:

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
See  »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film is dedicated to the memories of Tony Galindo, Spanish graphic Designer and Javier Jordán Gimeno, Producer for the Spanish Public Television Center in the Canaries. See more »

Crazy Credits

A sequence after the end credits shows a teddy bear (intended as part of the debris from the extinct Earth) landing on the moon surface near the historical land-site of Apollo XI. See more »

Connections

References Hounds of Zaroff (1932) See more »

Soundtracks

"Excerpts from The Witch - Baba Yaga"
from "Album for the Young, op. 39 (Children's Album)"
Written by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.

User Reviews

 
Pessimist View of the Fate of Mankind
15 November 2007 | by (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) – See all my reviews

The eight years boy Jesús (Omar Muñoz) has been living in a crumbling underground facility since he was born with eight survivors of an apocalyptical war: the leader Maria (Silke) and her lover Pablo (Julio Perillán); the gays Lucas (Pablo Scola) and Mateo (Sergio Villanueva); the astronomer Magdalena (Carola Manzanares) and the teenager Ana (Nadia de Santiago); the soldier Pedro (Jorge Casalduero) and the lonely Judas (Pepo Oliva). They are permanently is state of surveillance, threatened by the contaminated mutants The Strangers and once a day they have to lock themselves in their rooms without heating to protect against the dangerous ghosts The Invisibles that attack in the Cold Hour. They cannot go to the surface, destroyed by a nuclear war. When they need supplies, medications and ammunitions, they organize expeditions to a store. When the menace of The Invisibles affects the safety of the group of survivors, they need to reach the surface.

"La Hora Fría" is a great low-budget movie showing a pessimist view of the fate of mankind after a nuclear war. The atmosphere is melancholic and claustrophobic and the story discloses the characters through the innocent eyes of an eight years old boy. I expected to find an explanation to their biblical names, but the film never clarifies. The story recalls "The Omega Man", "Day of the Dead" and "28 Days Later...", but is original and supported by a great cast that transmits fear, panic and lack of hope to the viewer, and by an excellent cinematography, using gloomy colors. I was a little disappointed with the ambiguous conclusion, and I understand that Pedro was right and the group was part of an experiment, but I am not sure if this was the intention of the writer. I believe the director Elio Quiroga failed since he was not able to express his real intention in the last scene. Probably due to commercial reasons, the Brazilian title does not correspond to the original Spanish title, as usual. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "A Hora Negra" ("The Dark Hour")


23 of 32 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you?

Message Boards

Recent Posts
WTF ??? Worst movie ever ! profweetos
Can someone help me find La Hora Fria pleeg3
Nominee in Abandomoviez Awards 2007 jackdylann
Most memorable story ever in a movie for me. knleeds
My Review of this Spanish Gem jayskitstar
Discuss La hora fría (2006) on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page

Create a character page for:
?