The Dark Hour (2006)

The eight year old boy Jesús has been living in a crumbling underground facility since he was born with eight survivors of an apocalyptic war: the leader Maria and her lover Pablo; the gays... See full summary »

Director:

Elio Quiroga

Writer:

Elio Quiroga

Stars:

Silke, Omar Muñoz, Pepo Oliva

14 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Silke	...	María
Omar Muñoz	...	Jesús
Pepo Oliva	...	Judas
Carola Manzanares	...	Magda
Jorge Casalduero	...	Pedro
Julio Perillán	...	Pablo
Sergio Villanueva	...	Mateo
Pablo Scola	...	Lucas
Nadia de Santiago	...	Ana
Marco González	...	Niño Solo
Luis Sánchez-Gijón	...	Voz Propaganda (voice)

Storyline

The eight year old boy Jesús has been living in a crumbling underground facility since he was born with eight survivors of an apocalyptic war: the leader Maria and her lover Pablo; the gays Lucas and Mateo; the astronomer Magdalena and the teenager Ana; the soldier Pedro and the lonely Judas. They are permanently under surveillance, threatened by the contaminated mutants The Strangers and once a day they have to lock themselves in their rooms without heating to protect against the dangerous ghosts The Invisibles that attack in the Cold Hour. They cannot go to the surface, destroyed by a nuclear war. When they need supplies, medications and ammunition, they organize expeditions to a store. When the menace of The Invisibles affects the safety of the group of survivors, they need to reach the surface.

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Plot Keywords:

cold | three word title | obscurity | contamination | bunker | 

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Taglines:

Mankind's fate is sealed

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi

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Did You Know?

Trivia

There's a final quote during the end credits: "I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds," from the Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita, as said by J. Robert Oppenheimer after the first nuclear test detonation in Los Alamos.

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Quotes

Lucas: I have a bad feeling about this.

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Crazy Credits

A sequence after the end credits shows a teddy bear (intended as part of the debris from the extinct Earth) landing on the moon surface near the historical land-site of Apollo XI.

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Connections

Features Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940)

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Soundtracks

L'eté
Written by Elio Quiroga
Performed by Due
© by Eqlipse PC SL
Courtesy of Eqlipse PC SL
Courtesy of Eqlipse PC SL

User Reviews

Surprisingly good story for a Sci-fi

This is a great little Sci-fi film. The production isn't that lavish but every Euro was well spent. The acting is top notch; the lighting is excellent with none of that "shot in the car park around back" feel. Clever tools like interjected scenes shot from the camcorder (there aren't that many) and the constant propaganda on the TV help Immerse you in to the world very quickly. The characterisations are strong and develop rapidly.

There are bits of the plot that are unexplained and may or not make sense if you really thought about it, but if you like Sci-fi (real sci-fi not Star Trek) you can't go wrong. The film is dark in essence, but I didn't find it overly depressing or gory, think Screamers or Cube.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official soundtrack site

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

14 September 2007 (Spain)

Also Known As:

A Hora Negra

Filming Locations:

Jávea, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$71,148

Company Credits

Production Co:

Eqlipse Producciones Cinematográficas S.L., La Huella Efectos Digitales SL, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min (European Film Market)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1