Fausto 5.0

2001 film by Àlex Ollé From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fausto 5.0 is a 2001 Spanish psychological thriller[1] 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.

Directed by
Based onFaust
by Goethe
Produced byEduardo Campoy
Alicia Gallardo
Ramón Vidal
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Fausto 5.0
Directed by
Screenplay byFernando León de Aranoa
Based onFaust
by Goethe
Produced byEduardo Campoy
Alicia Gallardo
Ramón Vidal
Starring
CinematographyPedro del Rey
Edited byManel J. Frasquiel
Music byJosep Maria Sanou
Toni M. Mir
Distributed byLauren Films
Release date
  • 30 August 2001 (2001-08-30) (Venice)
Running time
93 mins
CountrySpain
Languages
  • Catalan
  • Spanish
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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.[5][6][7]

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