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Time Lapse
Why this pick
A low-budget, high-concept chamber thriller in the Timecrimes spirit, using a single uncanny device to turn ordinary choices into a tightening web of prediction, suspicion, and danger.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE2007 1h 32m ESP
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In the Spanish countryside, a middle-aged man named Héctor (Karra Elejalde) and his wife Clara (Candela Fernández) live in a home that they are renovating. Héctor scans the forest behind their house with binoculars and sees a young woman take off her T-shirt, exposing her breasts. When his wife goes shopping, he investigates and finds the woman on the ground, naked and unconscious. He is then stabbed in the arm by a mysterious man with pink bandages on his face. Fleeing and breaking into a mysterious nearby building, Héctor contacts a scientist (Nacho Vigalondo) by walkie-talkie, who warns him of the bandaged man and guides him to his location, promising safety. The scientist convinces Héctor to hide from the bandaged man, who is just outside, in a large mechanical device. However, when he leaves the machine, Héctor discovers that he has traveled approximately an hour back in time.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Karra Elejalde
Héctor
Nacho Vigalondo
El Joven