Fausto 5.0

Fausto 5.0
Fausto 5.0
Directed by	Isidro Ortiz; Alex Ollé; Carlos Padrissa;
Screenplay by	Fernando León de Aranoa
Based on	Faust; by Goethe
Produced by	Eduardo Campoy; Alicia Gallardo; Ramón Vidal
Starring	Miguel Ángel Solá; Eduard Fernández; Najwa Nimri;
Cinematography	Pedro del Rey
Edited by	Manel J. Frasquiel
Music by	Josep Maria Sanou; Toni M. Mir
Distributed by	Lauren Films
Release date	30 August 2001 (2001-08-30) (Venice);
Running time	93 mins
Country	Spain
Languages	Catalan; Spanish;

Fausto 5.0 is a 2001 Spanish psychological thriller¹ film directed by Àlex Ollé, Carlos Padrissa and Isidro Ortiz from a screenplay by Fernando León de Aranoa. It stars Miguel Ángel Solá, Eduard Fernández, and Najwa Nimri.

Fausto 5.0 is the last part of a trilogy dedicated to the figure of Faust. The first two installments were F@ust 3.0 (originally a play) and The Damnation of Faust (originally an opera).² All three films were developed for the screen by La Fura dels Baus, an experimental theatre group from Barcelona.³

Plot

The plot takes place in Barcelona.⁴ A doctor – Fausto – on the verge of a nervous breakdown, meets a former patient – Santos Vella – who promises to grant his every wish. Reality starts dissolving and Fausto begins to lose control.⁵⁶⁷

Cast

Miguel Ángel Solá as Doctor Fausto¹
Eduard Fernández as Santos Vella¹
Najwa Nimri as Julia¹
Irene Montalà
Juan Fernández
Raquel González

Awards

Méliès d'Or Award, 2002 (among others) for the best European fantasy film⁸
International Fantasy Film Award (Best Film), Fantasporto 2002⁹
Grand Prize, Gérardmer Film Festival 2002⁹

References

Herrero 2007, p. 140.
Empire magazine
"La Fura dels Baus website". Archived from the original on 2010-12-27. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
Herrero, Carmen (2007). "Paisajes urbanos y 'no lugares' en el thriller español contemporáneo: Fausto 5.0 y La caja 507". Romance Studies. 25 (2): 146. doi:10.1179/174581507x192983.
Peter Bradshaw, Review in The Guardian, 6 June 2003
Fausto 5.0, IMDb: plot summary
Faust 5.0, The New York Times
"Méliès d'Or". melies.org. European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
Fausto 5.0, IMDb: awards

External links

Fausto 5.0 at IMDb

[FOOTNOTEHerrero2007140-1] Herrero 2007, p. 140.

[2] Empire magazine

[3] "La Fura dels Baus website". Archived from the original on 2010-12-27. Retrieved 2014-03-06.

[4] Herrero, Carmen (2007). "Paisajes urbanos y 'no lugares' en el thriller español contemporáneo: Fausto 5.0 y La caja 507". Romance Studies. 25 (2): 146. doi:10.1179/174581507x192983.

[5] Peter Bradshaw, Review in The Guardian, 6 June 2003

[6] Fausto 5.0, IMDb: plot summary

[7] Faust 5.0, The New York Times

[8] "Méliès d'Or". melies.org. European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-01-21.

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Fausto 5.0

Directed by	Isidro Ortiz Alex Ollé Carlos Padrissa
Screenplay by	Fernando León de Aranoa
Based on	Faust by Goethe
Produced by	Eduardo Campoy Alicia Gallardo Ramón Vidal
Starring	Miguel Ángel Solá Eduard Fernández Najwa Nimri
Cinematography	Pedro del Rey
Edited by	Manel J. Frasquiel
Music by	Josep Maria Sanou Toni M. Mir
Distributed by	Lauren Films
Release date	30 August 2001 (2001-08-30) (Venice)
Running time	93 mins
Country	Spain
Languages	Catalan Spanish

Plot

Cast

Awards

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References

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