El rey de la montaña (2007)

Note des utilisateurs:

6.4/10   

Réalisateur:

Gonzalo López-Gallego

Writers:

Javier Gullón (screenplay)
Javier Gullón (story)
(suite)

Release Date:

16 juillet 2008 (France)

Genre:

Thriller

Plot:

Quim drives around an isolated rural area through a maze of lanes. When he drives into the woods, he gets lost...

Plot Keywords:

Dog | Trapped In Hole | Hit By Car | Brother Brother Relationship | Hunter

Awards:

4 wins

Avis des utilisateurs:

Hail to the King, Baby!

Ensemble

Leonardo Sbaraglia	...	Quim
María Valverde	...	Bea
Thomas Riordan	...	Hermano Menor
Andrés Juste	...	Hermano Mayor
Pablo Menasanch	...	Guardia Joven
Francisco Olmo	...	Guardia Mayor
Manuel Sánchez Ramos	...	Empleado Gasolinera
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Michael De La Torre	...	Quim - English Language Dubbing

Réalisé par
Gonzalo López-Gallego

Scénaristes (in alphabetical order)
Javier Gullón		screenplay
Javier Gullón		story
Gonzalo López-Gallego		screenplay

Produit par
Juanma Arance	....	executive producer
Juanma Arance	....	producer
Álvaro Augustín	....	producer
Miguel Bardem	....	producer
Elena Manrique	....	executive producer
Juan Pita	....	executive producer
Juan Pita	....	producer

Musique originale
David Crespo

Image
José David Montero

Montage
Gonzalo López-Gallego

Création des décors
Juana Arance
Pello Villalba

Création des costumes
Tatiana Hernández
Rocío Redondo

Maquillage
José Quetglás	....	makeup designer

Assistant réalisateur
Susana González	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Javier López Antía	....	property master

Technicien du son
Daniel Urdiales	....	sound

Visual Effects
Helmuth Barnert	....	visual effects supervisor
Manuel Barrero	....	digital effects artist
Javier Marco Rubio	....	visual effects producer
Fatima Montes	....	digital artist

Cascadeur
César Solar	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Peque Griffin	....	steadicam operator

Divers
Víctor Fandiño	....	production assistant

Thanks
Fernando Navarro	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Goodfellas
• Decontrabando
• Telecinco

Distributors

• Coach14 (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• Albatros Film (2009) (Japan) (DVD)
• Dimension Extreme (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Genius Products
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Madman Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (theatrical)
• New Select (2009) (Japan) (DVD)
• Optimum Releasing (2008) (UK) (theatrical)
• Seville Pictures (2008) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Video Film Express (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Weinstein Company, The (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Wild Side Films (2008) (France) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Southern Sun  lighting

Autre(s) titre(s):

King of the Hill (Canada: English title)
Le roi de la montagne (France) (festival title) [fr]
Les proies (France) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and brief sexuality.

Durée:

Spain:90 min

Pays:

Spain

Langue:

Espagnol

Couleur:

Couleur

Classification:

France:-16 | Germany:18 | Australia:MA (2008) | USA:R | South Korea:18 | New Zealand:R16 | UK:15

Company:

Goodfellas

Hail to the King, Baby!

The "hunting humans" formula is one of the oldest (ever since the magnificent "The Most Dangerous Game" in 1933) but still most effective formulas in horror/suspense cinema. The creators of "El Rey de la Montaña" clearly were very much aware of that and, additionally, this instant sleeper cult-hit from Spain even feature the atmosphere of a genuine early 70's backwoods survival shocker. This is one of the greatest and most intensely disturbing chillers to have come out in Europe in last ten years or so, and that is saying a lot because Europe is the most flourishing continent for the horror genre at the moment. Although working from a very basic and rudimentary script director Gonzalo López-Gallego keeps his film surprising and totally unpredictable, mainly thanks to some shocking story revelations, very atypical character drawings and a sublime use of the desolate filming locations. On his way to his ex-girlfriend, Quim meets an attractive young girl named Bea and has sex with her in the gas station's toilet. Her love, however, isn't very sincere as she steals Quim's wallet and goes away. He searches for her in the mountainous countryside, but his chase comes to an abrupt end when an invisible shooter (or shooters) fires at his car. Now he and Bea will have to work together in order to stay alive and, on top of everything, deal with distrustful policemen and survive the robust landscape. "King of the Hill" is a uniquely versatile film. The camera alternately follows the preys as well as the hunters, the latter from first-person-shooter perspective like often used in video games, and I don't think you are supposed to feel connected with any of them. There simply aren't any heroes in this story. Quim is a stalker and a coward, Bea is a thief and a tramp, and just wait until you see who the marksmen are and what their motivations to hunt people down are exactly. The film contains relatively few graphic violence or raw images. The shock-impact merely relies on the unexpected plot twists and the truly astounding locations. Not since "Deliverance" has there been another movie that managed to make nature look so menacing! I'm not entirely sure if the movie was intended as criticism towards the increasing amount of violence featuring in video games and how far this negatively influences our children, but it's first and foremost a nail-biting thriller that also messes with you head. At the end of the film, you don't know who to root for anymore and so many questions remain unanswered, but presumably that's part of the power of this perplexing tense thriller. Watch this guaranteed future cult classic as soon as you can, but – please – be careful not to read too many reviews, news articles or interviews with cast and crew before you do, as a lot of these reveal essential plot twists.