Cell 211

Film Info

Spain 2009 Director: Daniel Monzón

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Cell 211

Synopsis

A novice prison official has the bad luck to start his new job on the same day theprisoners organize a riot. Caught up in a fast-changing and dangerous situation,he is forced to exploit to the maximum the only resource left to him: his cunning.He finds that far from being the shy, gentle and decent man he has long thoughthimself to be, he is a born survivor teetering on the edge of an abyss.

Cast & Crew

Director

Daniel Monzón
Producer

Emma Lustres, Borja Pena, Juan Gordon, Álvaro Augustin
Screenwriter

Daniel Monzón, Jorge Guerricaechevarría
Director of photography

Carles Gusi
Main Cast

Luis Tosar, Alberto Ammann, Antonio Resines, Carlos Bardem, Marta Etura
Editor (Cut)

Mapa Pastor
Production Design

Alicia Tellería

Director's comment

When CELDA 211 fell into my hands, I read it in one go and knew immediately that I wanted to make a movie about it. The novel’s starting point was forceful and convincing, set in a powerful, recognizable and human universe; and the story was built on a suffocating tension and included some remarkable twists and turns. As a film, it represented a major narrative challenge and left me with little choice to do anything other than strip away all artifice and place the camera directly at the service of the characters. It was thus necessary to find a failsafe cast. Now that the film’s finished, it’s hard for me to imagine more reliable,
suitable actors than the ones we went with.