- EXTENDED SYNOPSIS
Barcelona, 1913.Alma es quizá una de las mujeres más modernas de su tiempo. Su padre, el Dr.Mira, es el neurocirujano más prestigioso del país. Su marido, el Dr. LeónPardo, ejerce también la medicina como psiquiatra. Ese verano ha visitado Viena,donde se ha puesto al servicio del revolucionario Dr. Sigmund Freud y susescandalosísimas y avanzadísimas teorías sobre la histeria y la sexualidad.Todo empieza la tarde en que Alma llega a casa y encuentra a su marido con losojos llenos de lágrimas, dispuesto a desaparecer de su vida y de la de losdemás. Sin dar más explicaciones que unos balbuceos incomprensibles, León huye,dejando a Alma sola y a punto de dar a luz.Salvador es el cuñado de Alma, también psiquiatra. Pese a estar casado con lahermana de la protagonista, Salvador, un hombre mucho más conservador que León,está profundamente enamorado de ella. De ahí que, cuando Alma le pide que laayude a encontrar a su marido desaparecido, él no pueda negarse, pese a que sulógica le indique que se va a meter en un lío terrible.La única pista a seguir es un manuscrito sobre la histeria y la sexualidadfemenina basado en cuatro pacientes:Una actriz con manía persecutoria,una psicótica que intentó asesinar a su marido,una mujer con grave crisis de identidad sexual...y una desconocida que ha descubierto en su pasado un terrible secreto.Siguiendo esos indicios, Alma y Salvador inician una aventura a lo SherlockHolmes, donde la hipnosis, el amor, el peligro y todos los tabúes imaginablesse entrecruzan.
Barcelona, 1913.Alma is perhaps one of the most modern women of her day. Her father, Dr. Mira,is the nation’s foremost neurosurgeon. Her husband, Dr. Leon Pardo, alsopractices medicine as a psychiatrist. This summer, he visited Vienna and becamea follower of the revolutionary Dr. Sigmund Freud and his extraordinarilyscandalous, advanced theories about hysteria and sexuality.It all starts the afternoon Alma comes home and finds her husband in tears,about to disappear from her life and everyone else’s. Giving no moreexplanation than a few incoherent mumbles, Leon runs off, leaving Alma aloneand about to give birth.Salvador is Alma’s brother-in-law and a psychiatrist as well. Despite the factthat he is married to her sister, Salvador, a much more conservative man thanLeon, is deeply in love with Alma. That is why he cannot refuse when Alma askshim to help her find her missing husband, even though logic warns him he isgetting into a terrible mess.The only clue they have is a manuscript about hysteria and female sexualitybased on four patients:An actress with a persecution complex,a psychotic woman who tried to murder her husband,a woman with a serious crisis concerning her sexual identity…and a stranger who has discovered a terrible secret about her past.Following those signs, Alma and Salvador start a Sherlock Holmes kind ofadventure, where hypnosis, love, danger, and every imaginable taboo are allintertwined.
- CAST
Performance | Name | Role |
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Cast | Watling, Leonor | Alma |
Cast | Tosar, Luis | Salvador |
Cast | Sampietro, Mercedes | Mrs. Mingarro |
Cast | Puigcorbé, Juanjo | Dr. Mira |
Cast | Brendemühl, Alex | León |
Cast | Prims, Nuria | Olivia |
Cast | Rayo, Ana | Tórtola |
- CREW
Performance | Name | Notes |
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Production | Herrero, Gerardo | |
Directed by | Oristrell, Joaquín | |
Executive Production | Esteban, Marta | |
Executive Production | Besuievsky, Mariela | |
Co-Production | López Blanco, Javier | |
Co-Production | Booth, Denise(Alemania) | |
Co-Production | Branco, Paulo(Portugal) | |
Co-Production | Pagani, Amedeo(Italia) | |
Line Production | Gómez, Josean | |
Screenplay | Oristrell, Joaquín | |
Screenplay | Pelegrí, Teresa De | |
Screenplay | Harari, Dominic | |
Cinematography | Peracaula, Jaume | |
Score | Moure, Sergio | |
Film Editing | Santamaría, Miguel Ángel | |
Production Design - Art Direction | Miquel, Llorenç | |
Costume | Daigeler, Bina | |
Sound Mixer | Meléndez, Jaume | |
Sound Design | García Pastor, José | |
Re-recording mixer | Bermúdez, José Antonio | |
Assistant Director | Forn, Daniela | |
Casting | López-Orós, Marta | |
Make-up | Soler, Karmele | |
Hairdressing | Rodríguez, Paco | |
Special Effects | Fuste, Joan | |
Special Effects | Orco | |
Visual Effects | Nieto, Alfonso | |
Visual Effects | Telson | |
Steadicam | Sánchez, Ramón |
- FILM & TRAILER RATINGS
Film Rating | Duration | Certification |
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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR AUDIENCES UNDER 18 | 112 min. | 8/6/2004 |
Trailer Rating | Runtime | Certification |
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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR AUDIENCES UNDER 13 | 3 min. seg. | 6/28/2004 |
- PUBLIC GRANTS
Grant | Amount |
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Grants - Amortisation of Feature Films - General | 815,523.90 € |
Grants - Preservation of negatives and original supports | 13,184.51 € |
Grants - Reducing interest - Production | 29,148.50 € |
- CREW
Tag | Information |
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Year of the Spanish Films Catalogue | 2004 |
Production year | 2004 |
Length | Largometraje |
Film Formats | 35 mm. |
Running time | 112 minutos |
Original footage | 3.038 metros |
Sound Studios | Sonoblok |
Emulsion | Color |
Aspect ratio | Panorámico 1:1,85 |
Laboratories | Madrid Film Lab |
Laboratories | El Laboratori (Barcelona) |
Editing film format | Avid |
Edit Facilities | Cinearte |
- Film Info
Tag | Information |
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Star-up shooting date | 10/13/2003 |
Ending shooting date | 12/6/2003 |
Locations | BARCELONA (Days: 40) |
- Other Titles of the Movie
Tag | Information |
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Other titles | Inconscio |
Other titles | Inconscients |
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- Festivals and Awards
Awards | Section | Person / Company |
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Iii Premios Barcelona De Cinema 2005 Del Col-Legi De Directors De Cinema De Catalunya | Mejor película, mejor director, mejor guión, y mejor actor (Juanjo Puigcorbé) | |
Premios Cien De Cine 2005 | Mejor Guión |