Los sin nombre (1999)

Country of Origin: Spain
Year of Production: 1999
Running Times: 102 mins
Length: 2800 metres
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby Digital

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Filmax S.A. / P.C. Joan Ginard
Executive Producer: Joan Ginard
Associate Producers: Jaume Balagueró, Carlos Fernández, Julio Fernández
Production Supervisor: Miguel Ángel González
Production Manager: Josep Amorós

SCRIPT
Script: Jaume Balagueró
Story: Ramsey Campbell

DIRECTION
Director: Jaume Balagueró
First Assistant Director: Fernando Izquierdo
Second Assistant Directors: Luis Casacuberta, Anna Rua

PHOTOGRAPHY
Directors of Photography: Albert Carreras, Xavi Giménez
Camera Operator: Albert Carreras
Steadicam Operator: Joan Morató
Assistant Camera: Francesc Carreras, Óscar Faura
Gaffer: David Fernández
Electrician: Sergi Bartrolí
Grip: Eduard Aguiló
Video Assist Operator: Gemma Argiles

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Luis de la Madrid
Assistant Editor: Xavi Adán, Félix Bueno

MUSIC
Music: Carles Cases

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Marc Orts
Assistant Sound Mixer: Raúl Marsal
Sound Supervisor: Salva Mayolas
Sound Editor: Salva Mayolas
Sound Effects: Manuel Carrión
Foley Artist: Manuel Carrión
Re-Recording Mixer: Marc Orts

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Carmen González
Assistant Costume Designer: Javier Sanz
Make Up: Alma Casal
Hair: Patricia López

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Effects Make Up: Xavi Bastida

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Matías Tikas

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Gloria Blanes
Production Secretary: Valentí Closas
Production Assistants: Isabel Caraly, Emma Stumpler

CAST
Emma Vilarasau (Claudia Horts de Gifford)
Karra Elejalde (Bruno Massera)
Tristán Ulloa (Quiroga)
Toni Sevilla (Franco)
Brendan Price (Marc Gifford)
Jordi Dauder (forense)
Núria Cano (policía)
Isabel Ampudia (secretaria)
Carles Punyet (jefe de Claudia)
Aleix Puiggali (tipo malcarado)
Susana García (chica piscina)
Pep Tosar (Toni)
Carme Capdet (monja)
Manel Solás (hombre silla de ruedas)
Víctor Guillén (hombre flaco)
Sebastia Sellent (director revista)
Boris Ruiz (jesuita)
Josep Mª Domenech (Romero)
Manuel Bronchud (Dr Bolggen)
Joan Massotkleiner (psiquiatra)
Carlos Lasarte (Santini)
Pepita Alguersuari (mujer en el motel)
Jessica Del Pozo (Angela)
Judith Tort (Angela a los 5 años)
Susana Mª Gonzalez (tatuadora)
Agustín Mellines (tipo escuálido)
Marta Barbarà (voice of Ángela)
Ferran Terraza (joven rapado)
María Bianco
Pepe Mediavilla (voice of Romero)

PLOT SUMMARY

Claudia's daughter Angela goes missing and a mutilated body is found in a nearby water hole. The body is identified only by a bracelet with the child's name on it and a physiological oddity that left her right leg three inches longer than her left. Five years later, Claudia is addicted to tranquilizers but her life is about to get even more horrific after she receives a phone call from someone claiming to be Angela...

AVAILABILITY

Argentina
Video Distributors: SBP
DVD Distributors: SBP

Australia
DVD Distributors: Imagine Entertainment

Brazil
DVD Distributors: Paris Filmes

France
Distributors: Mars Distribution

Hong Kong
DVD Distributors: Universe Laser & Video Co. Ltd.

Spain
Theatrical Distributors: Eagle Pictures S.p.a. / Filmax International S.A.
DVD Distributrors: Filmax

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Dimension Films
DVD Distributors: Miramax

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Australia
Rating: R

France
Rating: -16

Iceland
Rating: 16

Italy
Rating: VM14

USA
Rating: R (for violence, disturbing images, graphic nudity and language)

AWARDS

1999
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival, Spain
Best Actress (Emma Vilarasau) - winner
Best Cinematography (Xavi Giménez) - winner (tied with Yujiro Yajima for SF: Episode One (1998))
Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Gold (Jaume Balagueró) - winner (Méliès d'Argent 1999 at Catalonian International Film Festival, Sitges)
Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver (Jaume Balagueró) - winner
Best Film (Jaume Balagueró) - nominated

2000
Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film, Belgium
Golden Raven (Jaume Balagueró) - winner

Butaca Awards, Spain
Millor actriu catalana de cinema (Emma Vilarasau) - winner
Millor película catalana (Jaume Balagueró) - nominated

Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
Mejor Montaje (Luis de la Madrid) - nominated

Fant-Asia Film Festival, Canada
Best International Film (Jaume Balagueró) - winner

Fantafestival, Italy
Best Film (Jaume Balagueró) - winner

Fantasporto, Portugal (International Fantasy Film Award)
Critics' Award (Jaume Balagueró) - winner
Best Director (Jaume Balagueró) - winner (tied with Ben Hopkins for The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz (2000))
Best Film (Jaume Balagueró) - nominated

Gérardmer Film Festival, France
Ciné-Live Award (Jaume Balagueró) - winner
International Critics Award (Jaume Balagueró) - winner
Special Jury Prize (Jaume Balagueró) - winner
Youth Jury Grand Prize (Jaume Balagueró) - winner

Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival, South Korea
Special Jury Award (Jaume Balagueró) - winner

TIMELINE

1999
October
8: Spain - shown at the Sitges Film Festival

November
12: Spain - theatrical release

2000
March
2: Portugal - shown at the Fantasporto Film Festival

July
16: South Korea - shown at the PiFan Puchon Film Festival
31: Slovenia - theatrical release

August
23: France - theatrical release

October
13: Finland - theatrical release

2001
January
6: South Korea - theatrical release

March
30: UK - shown at the Dead by Dawn Edinburgh Horror Film Festival

May
2: Australia - shown at the Spanish Film Festival

2002
January
10: Hong Kong - theatrical release

July
12: Italy - theatrical release
27: Japan - theatrical release

2003
March
8: Argentina - shown at the Mar del Plata Film Festival

August
26: Spain - DVD release (Filmax)

2004
February
17: Argentina - video release

2005
April
26: USA - DVD release (Miramax)

August
31: Brazil - DVD release

POSTER TAGS

Trying to reach the limits of evil... But evil has no limits.

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

The Nameless - German video / UK / US title
Nameless - Entità nascosta - Italian title
De namnlösa - Swedish DVD title
Nimetön - Finnish title
La secta de los sin nombre - Argentinean video title
La secte sans nom - French title
Els sense nom - Catalan Spanish title

LINKS

WEB LINKS
Official Site

KEYWORDS

book into film, children, concentration camp, dreams, flashbacks, human experiments, insanity, mutilation, nazis, needles, rituals, suicide, torture

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009