El rey de la montaña (2007)

Director:

Gonzalo López-Gallego

Writers:

Gonzalo López-Gallego (screenplay)
Javier Gullón (screenplay)
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Release Date:

16 July 2008 (France)

Genre:

Thriller

Plot:

Quim drives around an isolated rural area through a maze of lanes. When he drives into the woods, he gets lost...

Plot Keywords:

Sniper | Murder | Hunter | Car Trouble | Police Car

Awards:

4 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Leonardo Sbaraglia	...	Quim
María Valverde	...	Bea
Thomas Riordan	...	Hermano Menor
Andrés Juste	...	Hermano Mayor
Pablo Menasanch	...	Guardia Joven
Francisco Olmo	...	Guardia Mayor
Manuel Sánchez Ramos	...	Empleado Gasolinera
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael De La Torre	...	Quim - English Language Dubbing

Directed by
Gonzalo López-Gallego

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Javier Gullón		screenplay
Javier Gullón		story
Gonzalo López-Gallego		screenplay

Produced by
Juanma Arance	....	executive producer
Juanma Arance	....	producer
Álvaro Augustín	....	producer
Miguel Bardem	....	producer
Elena Manrique	....	executive producer
Juan Pita	....	executive producer
Juan Pita	....	producer

Original Music by
David Crespo

Cinematography by
José David Montero

Film Editing by
Gonzalo López-Gallego

Production Design by
Juana Arance
Peio Villalba

Costume Design by
Tatiana Hernández

Makeup Department
Carolina Madera	....	assistant makeup artist
José Quetglás	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Javier Mateos	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Susana González	....	first assistant director
Víctor Taberner	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Imanol Echeverría	....	property master
Javier López Antía	....	property master

Sound Department
Juanma López	....	boom operator
Daniel Urdiales	....	sound
Ricardo Viñas	....	dolby sound consultant

Visual Effects by
Helmuth Barnert	....	visual effects supervisor
Manuel Barrero	....	digital effects artist
Ricardo G. Elipe	....	senior visual effects compositor
Javier Marco Rubio	....	visual effects producer
Fatima Montes	....	digital artist
José Miguel Zapata	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Borja Bargueño	....	stunts
Ignacio Carreño	....	stunt coordinator
Eduardo Fabiani	....	stunts
Eduardo Fedriani	....	stunt double: Leonardo Sbaraglia
Gemo Garcia	....	stunts
Diego Herberg	....	stunts
Eduardo Meilan	....	stunts
César Solar	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
José Ramón Delgado	....	focus puller: second unit
Peque Griffin	....	steadicam operator
Jordi Monferrer	....	assistant camera
Alberto Rivas	....	video assist

Other crew
Víctor Fandiño	....	production assistant
Elena Saz Orozco	....	production staff
Jaime Ortiz de Artiñano	....	business affairs
Kevin Otero Speight	....	production assistant (as Kevin Otero)

Thanks
Beatriz Burdman	....	thanks
Fernando Navarro	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Goodfellas
• Decontrabando
• Telecinco

Distributors

• Coach14 (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• Madman Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Optimum Releasing (2008) (UK) (theatrical)
• Seville Pictures (2008) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Weinstein Company, The (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Wild Side Films (2008) (France) (theatrical)
• Albatros Film (2009) (Japan) (DVD)
• Dimension Extreme (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Divisa Home Video (2010) (Spain) (DVD)
• Genius Products
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• New Select (2009) (Japan) (DVD)
• Video Film Express (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Southern Sun  lighting

Also Known As:

"King of the Hill" - Canada (English title), UK (DVD title)
"Naked: Man Hunting" - Japan (English title) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and brief sexuality

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

France:-12 (with warning) | Germany:18 | Australia:MA (2008) | USA:R | South Korea:18 | New Zealand:R16 | UK:15

Company:

Goodfellas

Movie Connections:

References Shadow of the Colossus (2005) (VG)

No sympathy award here

And I'm not talking about the movie, but about the main character. I'm not sure if that was the intention. Of course he is portrayed as a coward. But all his actions and of course his back story lead to the fact that you most likely will hate his guts. Or at least I did, I heard from others that they didn't mind that much or didn't really bother to think about it.

The theme (and a bit of a surprise if you will), is the big selling point of the movie. But it only works the first time you watch it. I "had" to watch it a second time, when they showed it at the Fright Fest in London (I had watched it earlier on DVD). I have to admit, that I only realized how much I hated the main guy, when I watched the movie the second time. So maybe you should only watch this movie once and be done with it. It's more than good enough for one watch :o)