Tres días (2008)

Director:

F. Javier Gutiérrez

Writers:

F. Javier Gutiérrez (writer)
Juan Velarde (writer)

Release Date:

25 April 2008 (Spain)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

If you stop, it traps you.

Plot:

The world learns that a planet killing meteorite will arrive in 72 hours. |

Plot Keywords:

Meteorite | Revenge | Murder | Children | End Of The World

Awards:

11 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Víctor Clavijo	...	Alejandro
Mariana Cordero	...	Rosa
Eduard Fernández	...	Lucio
Juan Galván	...	Nico
Ana de las Cuevas	...	Raquel
Daniel Casadellà	...	Emilio
Elvira de Armiñán	...	Clara
Marilo Muñoz	...	Widow
Vicente Romero	...	Marcial
Pepe Salas	...	Don Miguel - the Priest
Sebastián Haro	...	Sergeant Atienza
Antonio Dechent	...	Urbano
Alejandro Muñoz	...	Josema
Miguel Zurita	...	Damián

Also Known As:

3 días (Spain) (short title)
Before the Fall (International: English title)
El verano de la roca (Spain) (working title)
Three Days (USA) (literal English title)

Runtime:

Spain:93 min | Germany:93 min (Berlin International Film Festival) | Argentina:93 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Huelva, Andalucía, Spain

Company:

Green Moon Productions

Trivia:

The Spanish title of the original screenplay was "El verano de la roca".

Quotes:

Clara: If you keep moving, you don't stop. If you stop, it traps you.
Lucio: Cement.

Soundtrack:

Le Tourbillon

The kind of movie you'll love or hate. I loved it!

Because of a "friend of a friend" I had the opportunity to see this new Spanish movie produced by Antonio Banderas and directed by Francisco Javier Gutierrez in the last Berlin International Film Festival. I have to confess that I'm not "catastrophe's movies friendly" but this film really surprised me. The movie is about the world ending in 3 days due to the imminent fall of a meteorite, however it actually focuses more on people's behaviour in a small town in the south of Spain which causes the audience to ask themselves "what would you do in your last 3 days of life?, would you try to enjoy your last moments or just take the chance to take revenge against the people you hate?. Good question.

I previously knew of director Francisco J. Gutierrez for his short film "Brasil" which was award winning in several festivals around the world. It is quite common to see young directors start and finish their professional life with an original and "short-life-short-film", but on this occasion Francisco J. really used the money in the right way. 3 days holds your attention from the beginning to the end, the characters are very real and really remind you of the people in your neighbourhood or office. Also the rhythm is correct and the photography just fantastic. From my point of view, a new cinema age is starting in Spain and "Before the Fall" is an example of it. Well done.