X (2002)

A homicide detective awakens in a strange house and cannot remember what happened the night before. Upon arriving at work, he's assigned to the investigation of a brutal case of murder in ... See full summary »

Director:

Luis Marías (as Luis Marias)

Writer:

Luis Marías (as Luis Marias)

Stars:

Antonio Resines, Esperanza Roy, María Adánez

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Antonio Resines	...	Javier
Esperanza Roy	...	Natalia
María Adánez	...	Alicia (as Maria Adanez)
Manuel Galiana	...	Fernando
Marta Belaustegui	...	Beatriz
Pere Arquillué	...	Santiago (as Pere Arquillue)
Antonio Dechent	...	Jefe
Paco Hidalgo	...	Matón
Joaquín Notario	...	Tipo (as Joaquin Notario)
Paco Hernández	...	Padre (as Paco Hernandez)
Sandra Toral	...	Madre
Janfri Topera	...	Testigo
Sandra Illán	...	Camarera (as Sandra Illan)
Tony Zenet	...	Pablo
Mónica Caballero	...	Mujer (as Monica Caballero)

Storyline

A homicide detective awakens in a strange house and cannot remember what happened the night before. Upon arriving at work, he's assigned to the investigation of a brutal case of murder in which he may well be the killer. Passionating suspense. Un detective de homicidios despierta en una casa extrana y no puede recordar que ocurrio la noche anterior. Cuando llega al trabajo, lo asignan a un caso brutal de asesinato. Y el puede ser el asesino. Apasionante suspenso.

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Plot Keywords:

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Taglines:

Un asesinato sin testigos. Una incógnita.

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Genres:

Crime | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

14 June 2002 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Equis

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bocaboca Producciones,Canal+ España,Telecinco

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

References Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez (1972)

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Soundtracks

Show Me Your Face
Written by Raúl Sánchez Zafra (as Raul Zafra), Luis Elices and Francisco Musulén (as Paco Musulen)
Performed by Geny Abello

User Reviews

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Someone remarked this was a film noir. Hello? The best of the genre were films that had an atmosphere and mystery around them. Most of the action in those films happened at night with water soaked streets, shadows, evil, bad people, valiant detectives, great private investigators, cigarette smoke, drinking, bad women, dives, etc.

Not so this one. I would call this and this genre "film blanc", or better, "film blah" since most of the action occurs during the daytime, or at least nothing of the above ever happens and it's just blah, blah, blah.

Director Marias has tried to make this story of a crime where a man is killed and all points to the wrong person: the police detective with the drinking problem.

As played by Antonio Resines, this man has serious problems. He has a wife to die for who wants out of the marriage for no apparent reasons, other than with his affection for the bottle. Maybe a little Viagra would have kept them together. Who knows?

The characters are paper thin. Anyone can figure out what is coming. Suffice it to say that the detective has enough smarts to figure out who did it, but was it necessary to have Resines in a polyester suit during the Madrid's heat wave? I guess it's an inside joke for the in crowd in Spain that must have thought this was a great film.

Resines as a character actor, yes, but Resines as a lead man, no way Jose!