It is set in Melilla where a corporal of the guard of the regiment of Spanish Legion named Jaime (Jorge Sanz) doing the Military Service is teamed with a young soldier called Cidraque (Javier Albalá) who is prisoner and freed to investigate strange killings . Both of whom become into investigators and will attempt to solve the weird murders that have occurred in . The cunning team finds themselves plunged into a world of dark issues , lies , betrayal and drug trafficking where they find that all is not what it seems . There are several suspects , captain Gayarre (Ramón Langa) , captain Contreras (Oscar Ladoire) , his wife Elisa (as Maria Barranco) , among others . Who is the killer? . Later on , they go to a little island where is the walled fortress of Chafarinas and there takes place the unexpected denouement .
¨Morirás En Chafarinas¨ contains twisted mysteries , thrills , action , chases , and suspense . This is a highly mysterious and interesting thriller , filled with plot twists , including an unexpected result in its ending part . From start to finish the complicated intrigue , fast-paced , and suspense result to be continuous . Hitchcock-style thriller , being surprisingly good and compellingly shot , though contains some flaws and gaps . Based on the homonymous novel by Fernando Lelena , also screenwriter , here producer/writer/filmmaker Pedro Olea makes an acceptable intrigue movie in which is mingled drugs , deceit , passion and ambition . This "Zafarinas" or ¨Morirás En Chafarinas¨ is considered to be one of his best last films of an uneven career . The picture is pretty well , though sometimes falls short and it has a lot of turns . The original as well entertaining premise is overspread across the movie adding some brief conventional pitfalls . The cast is frankly good , standing out the two main players , as Jorge Sanz gives a nice acting as a brave corporal and the unknown Javier Albalá as his investigator colleague . Support cast is top-notch , such as : Óscar Ladoire , María Barranco , Tony Zenet , Armando Del Rio , Txema Blasco , and Esperanza Campuzano , daughter of famous pianist Felipe Campuzano . Special mention for Antonio Dechent playing a brigade who works as a waiter , too . Furthermore , brief appearances of future stars of Spanish cinema as Alberto San Juan , Pepón Nieto , Ernesto Alterio and Antonio De la Torre . It packs a colorful and adequate cinematography by Paco Femenia who has photographed great number of successes as ¨Juana La Loca¨, "Don't Tempt Me" , ¨Alatriste¨, ¨Volaverunt¨, ¨Solo Quiero Caminar¨, ¨Carmen¨ and ¨Oro¨ . Being shot on location in Melilla , Almería, Andalucía , Tangier, Chefchaouen , Morocco and Madrid, Spain . And an evocative musical score by Bernardo Bonezzi , full of Arab and oriental sounds .
This mystery thriller picture was professionally directed by Pedro Olea. He is one of the most gripping Spanish directors , being an expert Basque director , producer and screenwriter . Olea was born in Bilbao , Basque Country , where he often directs his films . He began directing ¨Dias Viejo color¨ and followed a personal work titled ¨Bosque del Lobo¨ about an alleged werewolf splendidly played by José Luis López Vazquez . He subsequently directed a trilogy about Madrid , produced by Jose Frade , such as : ¨Tormento¨ , ¨Pim , Pam , Pum Fuego¨ and ¨La Corea¨ . After six years in which Pedro Olea dedicated in advertising and documentaries as ¨Guernica¨ , ¨River of Bilbao¨ and TV series as ¨Cuentos Y Leyendas¨ , and others about Basque themes , Olea goes back to shoot , thanks to subsidy of the Basque government , making a witchery story called ¨Akelarre¨. His biggest success was ¨A man called Flor De Otoño¨ with Jose Sacristán . After that , he made ¨Bandera Negra¨ about arms smuggling and this military thriller : ¨Moriras en Chafarinas¨ ; later on , he directed ¨Mas Allá Jardin¨ with Concha Velasco . And ¨Fencing master¨ that resulted to be one of the best films . And he also shot another film about witchery : ¨Leyenda Del Cura De Bargota¨ TV (1988) . ¨Morirás En Chafarinas¨ rating : 6/10 . Acceptable and passable , well worth watching .
