Das Verborgene Gesicht

Ein weiterer Punkt für die Spanier. La Cara oculta ist ein äußerst packender Thriller, der ab einem bestimmten Moment in der zweiten Hälfte wie eine gut geölte Maschine läuft. Und das alles ohne Mord und Blut, was heutzutage eher eine Ausnahme ist. Das Ende lässt sich zwar relativ genau vorhersehen (versteh mich recht, es ist logisch), aber ich betrachte es als notwendiges Übel, damit sich der Film weiterhin in realistischen Bahnen bewegt. (26.04.2012)

Dank meinem Lieblingsuser Enšpígl und seiner Empfehlung habe ich nach geraumer Zeit Samstagnacht wieder mal einen anständigen Thriller spanischer Provenience gesehen. Eine ideale Länge, eine anständige Geschichte und ein zufriedenstellendes Ende. Nur das Wasser, das in diesem Film verschwendet wird, beide Hauptdarstellerinnen müssen danach eine absolut trockene Haut gehabt haben :-) (14.12.2014)

The trailer attracted me. But it’s a pity that it attracted me with something that the film doesn’t reveal until the middle as the “main surprise”, so my impression is distorted because I didn’t watch it the way I should. Regardless, The Hidden Face was fun and I’m really satisfied. Nicely put together. (29.04.2012)

This film does not even have a Czech translation as of today, therefore it didn’t go into Czech distribution, and yet it was rated by more than 4,000 users at this site. That in itself means something. At least the fact that it is probably quite a hot topic in my country. Well, no wonder.This Spanish-Colombian film is such a successful thriller that no one would expect it at all. And what’s even better is that it actually strikes immediately without warning. There aren’t that many good thrillers to choose from, and here, every twenty minutes or so the story goes through a significant twist, which is only to its benefit. I enjoyed its story as much as I haven’t in any other film in a while. And I’m sure I’m not the only one. Czech distribution made a grievous mistake in this case. (24.11.2014)

An adaptation of no fewer than three proverbs at once: there is a price for stupidity, opportunity makes the thief and to say the third would be too big a spoiler. Excellent work with the soundtrack and a playful approach to genre clichés which loses a bit of its impressiveness by the fact that the authors show their cards a little too early. The consequence of which is that the twists in the final third of the movie are readable long before they come. On the other hand they also represent the only logical result of the way the excellently illustrated (and extremely repulsive) characters behave all the time, so it isn’t a big problem, just that it unnecessarily loses its sting. (01.06.2012)