The Silent House (2010)
"La casa muda" (original title)

The plot is based on a true story that happened in the late 40's in a small village in Uruguay. The film focuses on Laura, who, second by second, intends to leave a house which hides an ... See full summary »

Director:

Gustavo Hernández

Writers:

Oscar Estévez (screenplay), Gustavo Hernández (story),

Stars:

Florencia Colucci, Abel Tripaldi, Gustavo Alonso

Cast

Cast overview:
Florencia Colucci	...	Laura
Abel Tripaldi	...	Néstor
Gustavo Alonso	...	Wilson
María Salazar	...	Niña (as María Paz Salazar)

Storyline

The plot is based on a true story that happened in the late 40's in a small village in Uruguay. The film focuses on Laura, who, second by second, intends to leave a house which hides an obscure secret, unharmed. Laura and her father Wilson settle down in a cottage they have to renew since its owner will soon put the house up for sale. They will spend the night there and repair the following morning. Everything seems to go smoothly until Laura hears a sound that comes from outside and gets louder and louder on the upper floor of the house. Wilson goes up to see what is going on while she remains downstairs on her own, waiting for her father to come down.

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Plot Keywords:

knife | darkness | haunted house | lighting match | bathroom | 

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Taglines:

Real Fear In Real Time

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [uy]

Country:

Uruguay

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

4 March 2011 (Uruguay)

Also Known As:

The Silent House

Filming Locations:

Montevideo, Uruguay

Box Office

Budget:

$6,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tokio Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min 78 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Recorded with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II Digital SLR photographic camera, shot over four days, with $6000 budget, two hand held lamps and a few light tubes.

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Connections

Remade as Silent House (2011)

User Reviews

Boring, Disappointing and Predictable, with Many Fake Reviews Promoting this Flick

Laura (Florencia Colucci) and her father Wilson (Gustavo Alonso) come to an abandoned house to shear the garden since the owner Néstor (Abel Tripaldi) intends to sell the house. During the night, Laura hears noises on the second floor and her father goes upstairs to calm Laura down.

Sooner Laura finds Wilson bleeding and she sees someone with a knife in the house. When she flees, she finds Néstor driving on the lonely secondary road and she tells that there is a stranger in the house. Néstor forces Laura to return to the house with him and he is also stabbed. Laura stays with Néstor and they learn who the killer is.

I had a great expectation and curiosity with "La Casa Muda", which is the Uruguayan candidate to the Best Foreign Language Film category of the Oscar 2012 and also presented in Cannes. Unfortunately it is a boring, disappointing and predictable film. From the first very first scene, I found that something was wrong with Laura, but the twist is awfully flawed. In the end of the credits, there is a long scene of Laura walking and having a conversation with her daughter Sofi. Last but not the least, "The Circle" (2005) with the cult actress Angela Bettis, is a digital movie shot entirely in one take and in real time. My vote is four.

Title (Brazil): "A Casa" ("The House")

Note: There are many fake reviews promoting this flick. Click on the name of reviewers promoting "La Casa Muda" usually after a bad review and see how many of them has only one review published in IMDb.