Fausto 5.0

Fausto 5.0
Fausto 5.0
Directed by	Isidro Ortiz; Alex Ollé; Carlos Padrissa;
Screenplay by	Fernando León de Aranoa
Based on	Faust; by Goethe
Produced by	Eduardo Campoy; Alicia Gallardo; Ramón Vidal
Starring	Miguel Ángel Solá; Eduard Fernández; Najwa Nimri;
Cinematography	Pedro del Rey
Edited by	Manel J. Frasquiel
Music by	Josep Maria Sanou; Toni M. Mir
Distributed by	Lauren Films
Release date	30 August 2001 (Venice);
Running time	93 mins
Country	Spain
Languages	Catalan; Spanish;

Fausto 5.0 is a 2001 Spanish psychological thriller^[1] film directed by Àlex Ollé, Carlos Padrissa and Isidro Ortiz from a screenplay by Fernando León de Aranoa. It stars Miguel Ángel Solá, Eduard Fernández, and Najwa Nimri.

Fausto 5.0 is the last part of a trilogy dedicated to the figure of Faust. The first two installments were F@ust 3.0 (originally a play) and The Damnation of Faust (originally an opera).^[2] All three films were developed for the screen by La Fura dels Baus, an experimental theatre group from Barcelona.^[3]

Plot

The plot takes place in Barcelona.^[4] A doctor – Fausto – on the verge of a nervous breakdown, meets a former patient – Santos Vella – who promises to grant his every wish. Reality starts dissolving and Fausto begins to lose control.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Cast

Awards

Méliès d'Or Award, 2002 (among others) for the best European fantasy film^[8]
International Fantasy Film Award (Best Film), Fantasporto 2002^[9]
Grand Prize, Gérardmer Film Festival 2002^[9]

References

1 2 3 4 Herrero 2007, p. 140.
↑ Empire magazine
↑ "La Fura dels Baus website". Archived from the original on 2010-12-27. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
↑ Herrero, Carmen (2007). "Paisajes urbanos y 'no lugares' en el thriller español contemporáneo: Fausto 5.0 y La caja 507". Romance Studies. 25 (2): 146. doi:10.1179/174581507x192983.
↑ Peter Bradshaw, Review in The Guardian, 6 June 2003
↑ Fausto 5.0, IMDb: plot summary
↑ Faust 5.0, The New York Times
↑ "Méliès d'Or". melies.org. European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
1 2 Fausto 5.0, IMDb: awards

External links

Fausto 5.0 at IMDb

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[FOOTNOTEHerrero2007140-1] 1 2 3 4 Herrero 2007, p. 140.

[2] Empire magazine

[3] "La Fura dels Baus website". Archived from the original on 2010-12-27. Retrieved 2014-03-06.

[4] Herrero, Carmen (2007). "Paisajes urbanos y 'no lugares' en el thriller español contemporáneo: Fausto 5.0 y La caja 507". Romance Studies. 25 (2): 146. doi:10.1179/174581507x192983.

[5] Peter Bradshaw, Review in The Guardian, 6 June 2003

[6] Fausto 5.0, IMDb: plot summary

[7] Faust 5.0, The New York Times

[8] "Méliès d'Or". melies.org. European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-01-21.

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