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X (2002 film)

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X
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLuis Marías
Screenplay byLuis Marías
Starring
CinematographyFederico Ribes
Edited byFidel Collados
Music by
  • Paco Musulén
  • Luis Elices
Production
company
BocaBoca
Distributed byColumbia Tri-Star Films de España
Release date
  • 14 June 2002 (2002-06-14)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

X is a 2002 Spanish mystery thriller film directed and written by Luis Marías which stars Antonio Resines, Esperanza Roy, and María Adánez.

Plot

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Failing to remember events after a drunken night and awakening in an unknown bed with blackmailer Natalia, cop Javier goes through his own personal hell as he becomes the prime suspect behind the killing of a young homosexual man, meeting up with the deceased's lame and resentful sister Alicia.[1][2][3]

Cast

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Production

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The film is a BocaBoca production.[3] It was shot in the Summer of 2000.[5]

Release

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Distributed by Columbia TriStar Spain,[1] the film was released theatrically in Spain on 14 June 2002.[2]

Reception

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Casimiro Torreiro of El País deemed the film to be "a more than stimulating first work", "with an inspiration that is not abundant in the scripts of criminal films [in Spanish cinema], actors adjusted to their rather thankless roles and a plot that locks its protagonist in a suffocating incriminating circle".[4]

Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be "efficient and well-played, with sharp and silly plot twists in equal measure", but featuring "little else to generate enthusiasm in what is basically another riff on the battered cop theme".[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Holland, Jonathan (7 July 2002). "X". Variety.
  2. ^ a b Torreiro, Mirito (29 May 2008). "X". Fotogramas.
  3. ^ a b Silió, Elisa (14 June 2002). "Antonio Resines, un policía en apuros". El País.
  4. ^ a b Torreiro, Casimiro (13 June 2002). "Un primer trabajo estimulante". El País.
  5. ^ "Luis Marías dirige "X", una indagación en el cine negro". El Mundo. 14 June 2002.