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The Cliff ()

Acantilado (original title)
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A mass suicide involving members of a cult takes place in the Canary Islands. Gabriel's younger sister, Cordelia, who he hasn't seen for years, was one of the cult followers. Gabriel decides to travel there and find out what happened.

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Gabriel
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Helena
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Santana
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Cordelia
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Heidi
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Martínez
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Julián
Maiken Beitia ...
Marion
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Artemi
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Antonio
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Patricia
Ramón Ibarra ...
Comisario
Magdalena Aizpurua ...
Policía
Ayoze Rodríguez Santana ...
Celador de Necrópolis
Paulo Martín Rosario ...
Ayudante de Necrópolis
Daniel Otegi ...
Forense
Acorayda Bolaños ...
Adepta
Daniel Asencio ...
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Laura Suárez ...
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Carlos Ramón Gil ...
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Begoña Ojeda ...
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Jacob Jesús Medina ...
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Miriam Ruiz ...
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Cristian Betancor ...
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María Mendoza ...
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Naudin Morales ...
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David Díaz ...
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Kevin Perdomo ...
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Krystof Jacek ...
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María Rosa García ...
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Eduardo Moreno ...
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Directed by

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Helena Taberna

Written by

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Helena Taberna ... (screenplay)
 
Lucía Etxebarría ... (based on the novel by)
 
Andrés Martorell ... (screenplay)
 
Natxo López ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Iker Ganuza ... executive producer / producer

Music by

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Ángel Illarramendi

Cinematography by

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Javier Agirre

Editing by

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Teresa Font

Casting By

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Ana Sainz-Trápaga
Patricia Álvarez de Miranda

Art Direction by

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Javier Alvariño

Costume Design by

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Carlos Díez

Makeup Department

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Itziar Arrieta ... hair stylist
Lola López ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Carmen Sánchez de la Vega ... production manager (as Carmen Sánchez)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Antxon Zabala ... assistant director
Zaira Zanguitu ... second assistant director

Art Department

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Jaime Anduiza ... assistant art director
Gorka Arnoso ... props (as Gorka Arnoso 'Kemen')
Silvia Crivillers ... stand-by props
José Ramón Hernández ... Set dresser Assistant
Héctor Leiro ... set dresser
Jon López ... assistant property master (as Lopez Antia Ion)
Alexis Santos ... property master
Susana Segurola ... assistant props
Antonio Sánchez Cáceres ... carpenter (as Antonio Sanchez Caceres)
Lalo Tejera ... props

Sound Department

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Pablo Bueno ... sound mixer
Álex F. Capilla ... foley artist
Alejandro López ... foley artist
Hector Martín ... second boom operator
Iñigo Tena ... boom operator
Sergio Testón ... foley recording

Stunts

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Estibaliz Ocio Alvarez ... stunts
David Rodriguez Amor ... stunts
Ingrid Caballero Benjumea ... stunts
Fernando Miranda Betancor ... stunts
Luis Alberto Báez Ayala ... stunts
José Antonio Pérez Ferrera ... stunts
Braulio Elio Gutiérrez Medina ... stunts
Yonay Hernandez ... stunt rigger
Gonzalo Hernández ... stunt coordinator
Miguel Hernández Hernández ... stunts
Francisco Javier Molina Medina ... stunt rigger
Josue Cardenes Morales ... stunts
Yaiza Peralta Perera ... stunts
Oscar Javier Marrero Rodriguez ... stunts
Iván Rodríguez Batista ... stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

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Iban Apalategi ... Grupista / electrician
Ricardo Aranburu ... gaffer
Alejandro Boza ... first assistant camera: "b" camera
Jon Elizegui ... first assistant camera
Jon Goitia ... second assistant camera
Adrián Hernández ... digital imaging technician
Fernando Marrero ... still photographer
David Melero ... electrician
Pablo Rendo ... electrician
Ana Sánchez Tejera ... second assistant camera
Gorka Zudaire ... additional electrician

Casting Department

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Iván Armesto ... extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Javier Bernal Belchí ... assistant costume designer (as Javier Bernal)
Sara Cabrera ... set costumer

Music Department

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Mikel F. Krutzaga ... music engineer / music mixer

Script and Continuity Department

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Virginia Lacorzana ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Irantzu Zugarrondo ... marketing assistant / trailer

Thanks

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Scott Boehm ... special thanks
Carmen Diaz Medina ... special thanks

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Distributors

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  • Odeon (2017) (Greece) (DVD)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Gabriel is a Assistant District Attorney from Bilbao, Basque Country (north to Spain) whose happy life with his work and his wife Patricia shakes after to receive a calling where he is noticed that his younger sister, Cordelia, has died after a mass suicide of a sect who lived in the island of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, who jump of a cliff to crash against the sea. Moving to the island, Gabriel meets Helena, Cordelia's friend and former housemate, because the two are required to identify the only one corpse not identified clearly. Realizing that Cordelia isn't the corpse they see, Gabriel moves to Helena's house in order to wait news from Inspector Santana, a woman very implicated in the investigation after the disappearance of a cop who she secretly infiltrated in the sect to find evidences of illegal activities. But tired of the waiting, Gabriel and Helena decide investigate by their own risk the sect and their members, trying to discover what caused the suicide and if Cordelia could be still alive... Written by Chockys

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Taglines Debes escuchar el silencio [You must hear the silence]. See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Cliff (United States)
  • Abgrund - Am Rande der Wahrheit (Germany)
  • Το βάραθρο (Greece)
  • The Cliff: Acantilado
  • El contenido del silencio
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Runtime
  • 99 min
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Budget EUR2,500,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Goofs At the scene where Gabriel and Artemi are driving to the airport, Gabriel gets a text message from her wife with the time showing 4:26 PM. But the scene takes place at night. See more »

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