No Rest for the Wicked (2011)
"No habrá paz para los malvados" (original title)

A thriller based on the 2004 terrorist bombing in Madrid.police ineptitude prior to Madrid's 2004 terrorist bombing.

Director:

Enrique Urbizu

Writers:

Michel Gaztambide, Enrique Urbizu

Stars:

José Coronado, Rodolfo Sancho, Helena Miquel

18 wins & 14 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
José Coronado	...	Santos Trinidad
Rodolfo Sancho	...	Rodolfo
Helena Miquel	...	Chacón
Juanjo Artero	...	Leiva
Pedro Mari Sánchez	...	Ontiveros (as Pedro Maria Sánchez)
Younes Bachir	...	Rachid
Nadia Casado	...	Celia
Juan Pablo Shuck	...	Augusto Lora
Eduard Farelo	...	Cerdán
Karim El-Kerem	...	Joven Guapo
Abdel Ali El Aziz	...	Ceutí
Nasser Saleh	...	Muchacho Árabe
Héctor Claramunt	...	Tipo Rubio
Said El Mouden	...	Tipo Recio
Walter Gamberini	...	Don Pedro Vargas

Storyline

The police inspector Santos Trinidad gets involved in a triple murder but there is a witness that manages to escape and could incriminate him. Santos begins an investigation to find and eliminate him. Meanwhile, Judge Chacon, who is investigating the triple murder, goes on looking for the murderer but what seems a simple case of drugs actually is something far more dangerous.

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Plot Keywords:

murder | drugs | terrorist attack | madrid spain | neo noir | 

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Genres:

Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

23 September 2011 (Spain)

Also Known As:

No Rest for the Wicked

Filming Locations:

Alicante, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Company Credits

Production Co:

AXN, Audiovisual Aval SGR, Canal+ España

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Santos Trinidad: -Rock'n Roll.

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Connections

Remade as No Rest for the Wicked

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Soundtracks

"Eres mentirosa (Mentirosa)"
Written by Humberto Caycho Alcántara

User Reviews

A very good film of Spanish noir cinema.

Madrid, early twenty-first century. One day, the police inspector "Santos Trinidad", coming home very drunk, was involved in a triple murder. But there is a witness who manages to escape and could incriminate him. "Santos" undertook an investigation to locate and eliminate the witness. Meanwhile, Judge "Chacon", charged with investigating the triple murder, meticulously advances in the search of the murderer until he discovers that what seemed a simple case of drug trafficking is actually something far more dangerous.

A film that grabs you from start to finish, beginning with a really brutal and a masterful performance by Jose Coronado, Director Enrique Urbizu, I think is his best film surpassing even "La caja 507" another great film. It is one of the best noir cinema that have been made in Spain, is a fast paced thriller that keeps you in suspense from beginning to the ending of the film, masterfully directed and performed by all actors, especially Coronado (reminiscent the character of "Malamadre" (Luis Tosar), in "Celda 211" makes his character get too excited "Santos Trinidad" with his bitterness, and loneliness sloppiness mark you, keep you from the excitement and surprise to the outcome as powerful and disturbing history, very well filmed and narrated.

Jose Coronado is simply superb, able to make a character icon in the figure of "Santos Trinidad", the Christian cross with his chest and his peculiar name, seems to remember times of the Crusades and the Templars. "Trinidad" is a character cold, wild, seen it all but still able to wring a few smiles with his sharp irony. The cast gets a credible performances and nuanced that enrich the film, as in the scene in which Judge "Chacon" gets the call from her husband in the eyes of his fellow "Leiva".

In short, a highly recommended film, that which fills more than expectation. Above all, it smells of sweat and alcohol on all four sides.