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Mood:
- GloomySuspensefulCaptivatingAtmosphericMind BendingTense
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Plot:
- VengeancePsychologicalDestinyGamblingHaunted By the PastMurderCrimesDanger more...
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Genres:
- ThrillerForeign
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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Place:
- Island
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Audience:
- Teens
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Praise:
- Award WinnerCritically Acclaimed
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Style:
- Twists and Turns
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Attitudes:
- SeriousSemi Fantastic
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Score:
- Orchestral
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Flag:
- Brief NudityViolent Content
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Intacto, 2001
Spanish, English
Spain
Profile of Intacto
Intacto can be described as gloomy, captivating, and suspenseful. The plot revolves around destiny, gambling, and being haunted by the past. The main genres are foreign and thriller. In terms of style, Intacto involves twists and turns. In approach, it is serious. It is set, at least in part, on an island. Intacto takes place in contemporary times. The soundtrack is orchestral. The movie has received attention for being an award winner and critically acclaimed. Intacto is well suited for teens. Note that it involves brief nudity and violent content.
Summary of Intacto
With Intacto, from director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, a group of people who have "the gift" of being extremely lucky play into a suspenseful world of gambling and superstition. The film begins and ends in the Canary Islands, where ringleader Sam (Max von Sydow), a Holocaust survivor, runs a casino. His right-hand man Federico (Eusebio Poncela) is stripped of "the gift" in a terrifying exchange that Federico sees as worse than death: Sam hugs him and in doing so steals his luck away. Desperate for revenge, Federico latches onto Tomas (Leonard Sbaraglia), the miraculous sole survivor of an airplane crash. He convinces Tomas to test his luck in various games (one involves running full-speed, blindfolded, through a heavily wooded forest to see if he is "lucky" enough to avoid running into a tree.) By training Tomas to be a winner, Federico hopes to eventually have him challenge Sam. Thrown into the complicated mix are an untouchable bullfighter (Antonio Dechent), and an auto accident survivor (Monica Lopez) who want to break up this obsessive gambling ring.
Intacto uses its stirring orchestral score by Lucio Godoy, its puzzling plotline, its bleak desert settings, and its fast-moving nighttime driving scenes to create a mood of mystery and intrigue.
Details
| Language: | Spanish, English |
| Country: | Spain |
| Release date: | January 2002 |
| Runtime: | 108 min |
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Critics Reviews
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- by: Jonathan Holland
The New York Times
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- by: Dana Stevens
Users Reviews
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