X (2002 film)

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	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Luis Marías
Screenplay by	Luis Marías
Starring	Antonio Resines; Esperanza Roy; María Adánez; Manuel Galiana; Pere Arquillué; Antonio Dechent; Marta Belaustegui;
Cinematography	Federico Ribes
Edited by	Fidel Collados
Music by	Paco Musulén; Luis Elices;
Production; company	BocaBoca
Distributed by	Columbia Tri-Star Films de España
Release date	14 June 2002;
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

X is a 2002 Spanish mystery thriller film directed and written by Luis Marías which stars Antonio Resines, Esperanza Roy, and María Adánez.

Plot

Failing to remember events after a drunken night and awakening in an unknown bed with blackmailer Natalia, cop Javier goes through his own personal hell as he becomes the prime suspect behind the killing of a young homosexual man, meeting up with the deceased's lame and resentful sister Alicia.[1][2][3]

Cast

Antonio Resines as Javier[1]
Esperanza Roy as Natalia[1]
María Adánez as Alicia[1]
Manuel Galiana as Fernando[1]
Pere Arquillué[1]
Antonio Dechent[4]
Marta Belaustegui as Beatriz[1]

Production

The film is a BocaBoca production.[3] It was shot in the Summer of 2000.[5]

Release

Distributed by Columbia TriStar Spain,[1] the film was released theatrically in Spain on 14 June 2002.[2]

Reception

Casimiro Torreiro of El País deemed the film to be "a more than stimulating first work", "with an inspiration that is not abundant in the scripts of criminal films [in Spanish cinema], actors adjusted to their rather thankless roles and a plot that locks its protagonist in a suffocating incriminating circle".[4]

Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be "efficient and well-played, with sharp and silly plot twists in equal measure", but featuring "little else to generate enthusiasm in what is basically another riff on the battered cop theme".[1]

References

Holland, Jonathan (7 July 2002). "X". Variety.
Torreiro, Mirito (29 May 2008). "X". Fotogramas.
Silió, Elisa (14 June 2002). "Antonio Resines, un policía en apuros". El País.
Torreiro, Casimiro (13 June 2002). "Un primer trabajo estimulante". El País.
"Luis Marías dirige «X», una indagación en el cine negro". El Mundo. 14 June 2002.

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[holland-1] Holland, Jonathan (7 July 2002). "X". Variety.

[fotogramas-2] Torreiro, Mirito (29 May 2008). "X". Fotogramas.

[silio-3] Silió, Elisa (14 June 2002). "Antonio Resines, un policía en apuros". El País.

[elpais-4] Torreiro, Casimiro (13 June 2002). "Un primer trabajo estimulante". El País.

[5] "Luis Marías dirige «X», una indagación en el cine negro". El Mundo. 14 June 2002.