La habitación de Fermat (2007)

Directors:

Luis Piedrahita
Rodrigo Sopeña

Writers:

Luis Piedrahita (written by)
Rodrigo Sopeña (written by)

Release Date:

16 November 2007 (Spain)

Genre:

Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Think inside the box

Plot:

Four mathematicians who do not know each other are invited by a mysterious host on the pretext of resolving a great enigma...

Plot Keywords:

Mathematician | Shrinking Room | Shrinking | Villain | Suspense

Awards:

4 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Lluís Homar	...	Hilbert
Alejo Sauras	...	Galois
Elena Ballesteros	...	Oliva
Santi Millán	...	Pascal
Federico Luppi	...	Fermat
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Núria Badia	...	Recepcionist
Víctor Benjumea	...	Gas Station Attendant
Ariadna Cabrol	...	Girl
Helena Carrión	...	Library assistant
Cesc Cornet	...	Boy
Juanma Falcón	...	Boy
Alicia Fernández	...	Girl
David Fernández	...	Policeman
Josep Minguell	...	Doctor
Adam Nached	...	Boy
Mariola Ruiz	...	Nurse
San Yélamos	...	Girl

Also Known As:

Fermat's Room (International: English title)
L'habitació de Fermat (Spain: Catalan title)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Certification:

Netherlands:9

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Company:

Notro Films

Quotes:

Hilbert: I return video tapes without rewinding them, I lie in electoral surveys. I take communion without fasting. I pick fruit without wearing plastic gloves. Could anyone hate me for things like that?

Movie Connections:

References "MacGyver" (1985)

Soundtrack:

Experimentos con gaseosa

Original and ingeniously basic premise full of suspense and intrigue

This freaky and clever film chronicles fear, suspicion,desperation, paranoia of four mathematics(Elena Ballesteros, Alejo Sauras, Santi Millan, and Luis Homar) completely strangers who are reunited in a Kafkaesque room by a mysterious host named Fermat(Federico Luppi) .Each plays a part in their thrilling quest to find answers to why they've imprisoned. The widely varying personality characteristics work together utilizing their given skills and talents to survive the deadly trap which guard the colored room. Using their mathematical skills they press forward and backward through the walls to avoid get smashed because the room is reducing itself.

The picture succeeds because the thriller,tension, suspense, as well as a superbly written script delving into the human psyche in such extreme situation and our instinctive urges for survival.Despite low budget the picture manages to be intelligent, intriguing and thrilling.The good thing about this film is that the directors made it on a shoestring budget only having to do one set , yet the movie works on many levels but is constantly reconfigured. Fermat's room bears special resemblance to 'The cube' (Vicenzo Natali)but also there's a dangerously premise with a strangers closed attempting to find an exit and resolving enigmas. Casting is frankly well giving fine performances, though little known with exception of the veterans Federico Luppi(Cronos)who holds a strong Argetinean accent and Luis Homar(Backwoods, Los Borgia).This motion picture relatively cheap is tautly directed by Luis Piedrahita and Rodrigo Sopeña in his first and only movie because they're usually writers for television. This is without a doubt a thought-provoking and mysterious film to be liked for suspense fans, turning out to be one of the most original Spanish movies of the last years.