Verbo (2011)

A 15-year-old, Sara, lives with an apparently normal suburban family. She develops a sixth sense and begins to perceive a series of disturbing messages and clues, which prompt her to enter ... See full summary »

Director:

Eduardo Chapero-Jackson

Writer:

Eduardo Chapero-Jackson

Stars:

Alba García, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Verónica Echegui

1 win & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alba García	...	Sara
Miguel Ángel Silvestre	...	Líriko
Verónica Echegui	...	Medussa
Víctor Clavijo	...	Tótem
Macarena Gómez	...	Prosak
Adam Jezierski	...	Foco
Fernando Soto	...	Rafa
Michelle Asante	...	Night
Nasser Saleh	...	Darío
Manolo Solo	...	Profesor
Álvaro Cañete	...	Luis
Miriam Martín	...	Niña de blanco
Peter Peralta	...	Adolescente Japonés
José María Moreno	...	Fede
Sergio Villalba	...	Hugo

Storyline

A 15-year-old, Sara, lives with an apparently normal suburban family. She develops a sixth sense and begins to perceive a series of disturbing messages and clues, which prompt her to enter a dangerous and frightening dimension in order to save a life. In the course of this adventure to a dark parallel universe, Sara must change the world.

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Taglines:

Dare to change your world

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Genres:

Adventure | Fantasy

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Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Estrenos Críticos: La Ninfa de MELANCOLÍA (2011)

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Soundtracks

Palabras
Written by Oriol Prieto Sánchez, Nach (as Ignacio Fornés Olmo) and Julián Núñez Franco

User Reviews

Moral preachings for teens

I saw 25 movies at this years edition of Sitges International Film Festival and none so tedious, boring and utterly pretentious as "Verbo". As the movie takes its first hesitating steps, director Eduardo Chapero-Jackson manages to keep some level of interest alive and the story about Sara - the archetype of the misunderstood teenager, who feels unfairly treated by just about everyone - starts off as somewhat highschoolesque, but still with a touch of that characterizing European realism, that usually puts French and German productions at the top of my list.

What is remotely interesting for 10 minutes has however faded completely after 20, and when 45 minutes has passed you just wish the horrid composition to be over. The hole thing is oh so predictable (even for the newly awakened cineast or random film watcher), filled with ridiculous moral preachings and bad acting. Add some animated segments accompanied by horrendous hip-hop music (a huge incongruence compared to the rest of the movie) and you have a recipe for disaster.

If I learned anything from this movie, it was not that suicide is bad, but rather that subjectiveness have conquered definitively: otherwise no one would clap this drivel!

Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish French

Release Date:

4 November 2011 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Вербо

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Spain

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$254,247

Company Credits

Production Co:

AXN, Apaches Entertainment, Canal+ España

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color