Mataharis (2007)

Private detective Inés infiltrates the employees at a multinational corporation. Thanks to the collaboration of Manuel, she gets to the heart of company intrigues. But her investigation ... See full summary »

Director:

Icíar Bollaín

Writers:

Icíar Bollaín (screenplay), Tatiana Rodríguez (screenplay)

Stars:

Najwa Nimri, Tristán Ulloa, María Vázquez

5 wins & 13 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Najwa Nimri	...	Eva
Tristán Ulloa	...	Iñaki
María Vázquez	...	Inés
Diego Martín	...	Manuel
Nuria González	...	Carmen
Antonio de la Torre	...	Sergio
Fernando Cayo	...	Valbuena
Manuel Morón	...	Samuel
Adolfo Fernández	...	Alberto
Mabel Rivera	...	Mujer engañada
Florentino Soria
Irene Herranz
Juanma Lara	...	(as Juan Manuel Lara)
Aixa Villagrán
Puchi Lagarde

Storyline

Private detective Inés infiltrates the employees at a multinational corporation. Thanks to the collaboration of Manuel, she gets to the heart of company intrigues. But her investigation brings her face to face with a difficult emotional and ethical decision. Eva, just back from maternity leave, is juggling work and family obligations when she discovers that her partner Iñaki is hiding something fundamental to their future as a couple. Carmen, the most experienced of the three, observes and tapes Sergio's marital collapse but can't see her own marriage is dead. While working at the detective agency run by Valbuena, these three surveillance specialists often invade others' privacy but are clueless about confronting their own secrets. All three will have to cross the thin line dividing public and private matters, bringing their own issues to light in order to solve more than just their professional cases.

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Plot Keywords:

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Haut et Court [France] Official site

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

28 September 2007 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Detektywi w spódnicach

Filming Locations:

Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

EUR2,500,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$2,065,030

Company Credits

Production Co:

Producciones La Iguana S.L., Sogecine

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

There are a few scenes where in Inés's room, a picture of famous accused double agent in world war 1, Mata Hari is hanging on wall near to the telephone.

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Soundtracks

Sin documentos
Written by Andrés Calamaro
Performed by María Vázquez and Diego Martín

User Reviews

The subtleness needs you to look deeper into yourself

This is a great movie about three women who worked for a detective agency. While hired/contracted/spied on those clients' appointed targets, we, the viewers, have become the spies checking on their own personal lives, their dying and endangered marriage, the relationship between the detective and the target, the numbness of the husbands and wives, the secret dilemma between them. It's so subtle yet so heart broken. The relationships of the two married couples are so heartfelt miserable, making viewers like us to look at our own relationship. The movie didn't show you any dramatic or dangerous plot and it's quite predictable, but the screenplay, the directing, the acting, the sound track... are all top notched. This is a great movie.