The Invisible Guest

"Every story has two sides. The truth, only one."

2017 1h 47m ES

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8.1

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67%

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★8.1TMDB · 5,162🍅67%Rotten Tomatoes★8IMDB · 217,918

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Synopsis

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Barcelona, Spain. Adrián Doria, a young and successful businessman accused of murder, meets one night with Virginia Goodman, an expert interrogation lawyer, in order to devise a defense strategy.

“Every story has two sides. The truth, only one.”

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Cast

Mario Casas
Adrián Doria
Ana Wagener
Elvira
Jose Coronado
Tomás Garrido
Bárbara Lennie
Laura Vidal
Francesc Orella
Félix Leiva
Paco Tous
Driver
David Selvas
Bruno
Iñigo Gastesi
Daniel Garrido

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Oriol Paulo
Writers: Oriol Paulo, Lara Sendim
Languages: Spanish
Countries: Spain

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MONEY

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Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Made its money back 7.5× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Oriol Paulo, shot by Xavi Giménez. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Fernando Velázquez. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Jaume Martí shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Mario Casas and Ana Wagener and Jose Coronado carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Every story has two sides. The truth, only one.".

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The take

Oriol Paulo directs. Xavi Giménez behind the camera. Fernando Velázquez scores. Jaume Martí cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in Spain. Dialogue in Spanish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Made its money back 7.5× over at the box office.
3Released 9 years ago.
4Directed by Oriol Paulo, shot by Xavi Giménez. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Fernando Velázquez. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Jaume Martí shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Mario Casas and Ana Wagener and Jose Coronado carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Every story has two sides. The truth, only one.".
9IMDB entry: tt4857264 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 14 themes, including "barcelona, spain", "businessman", "falsely accused", "manipulative lover".
11Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Xavi Giménez
Original score: Fernando Velázquez
Editing: Jaume Martí
Production design: Balter Gallart
Costume design: Miguel Cervera
Makeup / hair: David Martí
VFX supervisor: Àlex Villagrasa
Sound: Laura Díez Mora
Stunt coordinator: Oriol Tarrida
Runtime: 107 min · 1h 47m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $4,000,000
Box office: $30,000,000
Return: 750% of budget
Original language: ES
IMDB: The Invisible Guest (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes: 67% 🍅 Fresh
IMDB rating: 8/10 · 217,918 votes
MPAA: TV-MA

Awards

2 wins & 3 nominations total

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What people are saying

Svumpukkel852017-08-21
I was entertained, it was great fun, but very very far-fetched crime movie. Espanolos crazylos :-)
Peter McGinn2020-08-29
★ 7/10
This film strikes me as a sort of morality tale, though it disguises it well throughout. Overall I found the plot and the various developments intriguing and well written. There are several twists in the story, as you would expect in a thriller. Some worked better than others. I found the movie to be entertaining and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys being kept on edge and who can suspend their disbelief adequately. I say that last bit because I actually found the final twist to be somewhat hard to swallow, simply based on the character involved in it. Obviously I am not going to reveal that or any other plot twist and lessen the story's impact to a first-time viewer. Like I said, it has an intriguing and intricate plot, and even though I had trouble with one piece of it, it didn't really diminish my enjoyment of the movie.
Mirai Kazuya2021-06-02
★ 10/10
10/10 It's one of the best mystery movies I've ever had the privilege to see. I didn't have high hopes for it at first even though the ratings were pretty high, as ratings nowadays are very untrustworthy, they are either over-rated or else under-rated mostly, only a few sum of ratings are justifiable. This deserves it's good ratings. If you are someone who is looking for a movie that is in the same league as masterpieces like Shutter Island then I'll definitely recommend this masterpiece.