Follows a woman checking into a psychiatric ward to investigate a homicide.Follows a woman checking into a psychiatric ward to investigate a homicide.Follows a woman checking into a psychiatric ward to investigate a homicide.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 20 nominations total
Alba Jubany
- Niña Oscilante
- (as Alba Jubany Vilert)
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Answer: You want to watch how it ends, and it catches you just after the first seconds, right until the last.
This movie is a performance in overall consistency, pace and quality. Certainly some of the best in 2022. Using a difficult subject (mental health), in a difficult place (a sanitarium with crazy people), with a difficult duration (2 and 1/2 hours), it manages to create an atmosphere, tensions, twists, attachment and beauty at all times, with charismatic actors handling all characters that you do not want to leave. These a signs of a very well crafted movie, giving a lot of care to details and to the audience, but without any easy writing or gratuitous eye candy.
Watch it, you won't be disappointed (except if you are looking for stereotypical and empty movies).
This movie is a performance in overall consistency, pace and quality. Certainly some of the best in 2022. Using a difficult subject (mental health), in a difficult place (a sanitarium with crazy people), with a difficult duration (2 and 1/2 hours), it manages to create an atmosphere, tensions, twists, attachment and beauty at all times, with charismatic actors handling all characters that you do not want to leave. These a signs of a very well crafted movie, giving a lot of care to details and to the audience, but without any easy writing or gratuitous eye candy.
Watch it, you won't be disappointed (except if you are looking for stereotypical and empty movies).
Oriol Paulo has important means for his film about a psychiatric hospital. With a beautiful work on the sets, costumes and, very important, the impressive decor of the psychiatric hospital where a good part of the film takes place. The film is sumptuous.
A film where the intrigue is to know if Barbara Lennie, patient of the psychiatric hospital, is well in her place, or not, that is to say is she reached of a mental disease or not. According to the points of view, according to the editing of the film, according to the flashbacks or the flashforwards, the answer differs. And it is the whole purpose of Oriol Paulo to succeed in making a film that holds the spectator in suspense until the end, until the last shot. The multiple subplots that the scenario agrees require an important work to the spectator to put back together the pieces and to make the links, and this permanently. This makes the film not seem long despite its 2h30 duration.
The film is also plastically a success: in terms of photography, sets and costumes. With a special mention to Barbara Lennie, who is in all the shots of the film, with a big work to carry all the components of her character.
A film where the intrigue is to know if Barbara Lennie, patient of the psychiatric hospital, is well in her place, or not, that is to say is she reached of a mental disease or not. According to the points of view, according to the editing of the film, according to the flashbacks or the flashforwards, the answer differs. And it is the whole purpose of Oriol Paulo to succeed in making a film that holds the spectator in suspense until the end, until the last shot. The multiple subplots that the scenario agrees require an important work to the spectator to put back together the pieces and to make the links, and this permanently. This makes the film not seem long despite its 2h30 duration.
The film is also plastically a success: in terms of photography, sets and costumes. With a special mention to Barbara Lennie, who is in all the shots of the film, with a big work to carry all the components of her character.
What an amazing mind-blowing psychological thriller making the easily the year's best screenplay flick...
Oriol Paulo of "THE INVISIBLE GUEST" has crafted a briiliant screenplay that keeps u guessing with its past and present mode of storytelling...
Quite creepy in the beginning 30 mins or so later plunges into deep heart every minute with twist and turns keeping us edge of seat, convincingly told in such a way that one can't predict who is pretending or who is real and does indulge in shocking act often...
Barbara Lennie does carry the whole movie single handedly with her smart,manipulative gesture...truly Oscar worthy in every sense...
Overall a perfect movie for every movie buffs.
The Mystery concept is on full display in this film, though unfortunately it is not a new, refreshed, or novel mystery. Here we have the typical madhouse film that questions the sanity of the protagonist mixed with the story of the typical crime story without a clear culprit.
But don't get me wrong, this movie is good and entertaining, despite its slow pace and excessively long footage. It is somehow a good mystery that if you plunge into the plot, you will fall into the confusion that the story presents and you will be motivated to unravel this mess with the smell of old parchment. The last plot twist can be felt a little bit forced, but after all, it's expected.
But don't get me wrong, this movie is good and entertaining, despite its slow pace and excessively long footage. It is somehow a good mystery that if you plunge into the plot, you will fall into the confusion that the story presents and you will be motivated to unravel this mess with the smell of old parchment. The last plot twist can be felt a little bit forced, but after all, it's expected.
Psychological thriller/drama-mystery film directed by Oriol Paulo (the man behind the original versions of Balda/Dobaara/Blurr)
I went into the film not knowing anything about the film, (you should as well; I'll spare the plot here) and halfway in, it had me like "what is the world is going on here?" as it is the case with most of this director's films.
The plot slowly unravels and makes you go "Ooooooohhhh...! Innterestinggg" and the end makes you question everything you've watched. Hella twists and turns throughout!
If you enjoy the joy of looking for answers, this one is surely for you. For the rest of you thriller junkies, this will be worth your time as well.
I went into the film not knowing anything about the film, (you should as well; I'll spare the plot here) and halfway in, it had me like "what is the world is going on here?" as it is the case with most of this director's films.
The plot slowly unravels and makes you go "Ooooooohhhh...! Innterestinggg" and the end makes you question everything you've watched. Hella twists and turns throughout!
If you enjoy the joy of looking for answers, this one is surely for you. For the rest of you thriller junkies, this will be worth your time as well.
Did you know
- TriviaFilm based on the acclaimed novel by Torcuato Luca de Tena "Los Renglones Torcidos de Dios (The Crooked Lines of God)".
- ConnectionsRemake of Los renglones torcidos de Dios (1983)
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- Los renglones torcidos de Dios
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- $6,183,535
- Runtime
- 2h 34m(154 min)
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- 2.35 : 1
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