It deals with a Police Inspector (Miguel Angel Solá) who arrives in a small town to investigate a crime of a little girl , while he falls in love for a teacher (Adriana Ozores) . Moving psicho-thriller plenty of emotion , suspense , intrigue , delusions , plot twists , and a strange romance . Despite being somewhat of a cinematic cliché, rarely has a feature been so aptly deserving of its description as a thriller picture along with some elements from Noir film , action , terrorism , suspense and mystery . Good acting by Jan Diego Botto as a psycho killer and sensational the veteran Miguel Angel Sola as a deranged police inspector pursued the ETA terrorist organization , he feels a strong attraction for a mature teacher well played by Adriana Ozores .
It is an entertaining picture in which suspense is well developed from start to finish. Imanol Uribe , also writes the script along with Elvira Lindo -married to Muñoz Molina- , being based on Antonio Muñoz Molina novel , filmed in his usual formal and stylistic scholarship , without leaving a trace the thought-provoking issues , in terms of dramatic and narrative excitement . This is a particulat Noir film with strong psychological penchant and fine interpretations . Hard-edge thriller/drama centers around a psicho killer and a peculiar love story . However , the film relies heavily in the rare romance among protagonists , Miguel Angel Sola and Adriana Ozores . Because the story needs a vibration more real than the one offered in this sometimes slow-moving flick , though also contains interesting scenes , thrilling images and sensitive moments . Anyway, its is compensated with the great performances from main cast , and nice support cast , interpreters who provided a considerable boost to the result . Imanol is a great director of actors and the main players are complemented by a good cast of secondaries ; all of them forming a powerful human group and giving excellent interpretations such as Charo López as disturbing wife , Chete Lera as forensic , María Galiana , Antonio Muñoz Molina himself as a janitor and special appearance by veteran Fernando Fernan Gomez as sensible priest . Atmospheric musical score by Antonio Meliveo who composes a stirring soundtrack . Including a spotless pictorial cinematography by Gonzalo Berridi and a willingness , almost perfect of the elements of each shot , every sequence , every space ; being rightly filmed in Palencia , castilla and Leon . Berridi has made a prestigious career with titles as Lejos del mar , Ocho apellidos vascos , La Vida que te espera , Dos tipos duros as and many others . The movie achieved various Goya nominations but got none , being the winner film ¨El Bola¨.
This Andres Santana/Fernando Bovaira production was professionally written , produced by Imanol Uribe who also directed , though has some flaws and resulted to get limited success at Spanish Box office . Uribe who lived and had a son with actress María Barranco , gained fame early in his career for his controversial socio-political portraits of the Basque people , such as ¨El proceso de Burgos¨, ¨Fuga Segovia¨, ¨Muerte Mikel¨ and he turned to thriller as ¨Adios Pequeña¨, ¨Plenilunio¨ , ¨Carta Esferica¨ bsed on Perez Reverte novel , ¨Dias Contados¨ or ¨Running out of time¨and drama as ¨Bwana¨ , ¨Rey Pasmado¨, ¨intruso¨, ¨Extraños¨, ¨Viaje de Caroll, ¨Miel de Naranjas¨ and ¨Lejos del mar¨ .
