Smoke & Mirrors | |
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Spanish | El hombre de las mil caras |
Directed by | Alberto Rodríguez |
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Based on | Paesa, el espía de las mil caras by Manuel Cerdán |
Starring |
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Cinematography | Alex Catalán |
Music by | Julio de la Rosa |
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Distributed by | Film Factory Entertainment [1] |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
Country | Spain |
Language | Spanish |
Smoke & Mirrors (Spanish: El hombre de las mil caras) is a 2016 Spanish thriller film directed by Alberto Rodríguez based on the 2006 non-fiction book Paesa, el espía de las mil caras by Manuel Cerdán. [2] The film stars Eduard Fernández as Francisco Paesa, a former agent of the Spanish secret service who faked his own death after an infamous corruption scandal. The film premiered at the 64th San Sebastián International Film Festival, where it was awarded the Silver Shell for Best Actor for Eduard Fernández. [3] It was also screened at the 2016 London Film Festival. [4]
Francisco Paesa — an ex-secret agent for the Spanish government who was instrumental in the most important operation against the Basque terrorist group ETA — is framed by his own government and forced to leave the country. When he is finally able to return to Spain, he is broke and his personal life is falling apart. It is then he receives a visit from Luis Roldán, the powerful former Commissioner of Police who offers him one million dollars for help with safeguarding twelve million dollars embezzled by Roldán from the police budget. Paesa plans revenge in order to seize Roldán’s money, fooling an entire country in a brilliant and intricate operation worthy of the best illusionist.
Smoke & Mirrors | |
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![]() Film poster (international) | |
Spanish | El hombre de las mil caras |
Directed by | Alberto Rodríguez |
Screenplay by |
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Based on | Paesa, el espía de las mil caras by Manuel Cerdán |
Starring |
|
Cinematography | Alex Catalán |
Music by | Julio de la Rosa |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Film Factory Entertainment [1] |
Release dates |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
Country | Spain |
Language | Spanish |
Smoke & Mirrors (Spanish: El hombre de las mil caras) is a 2016 Spanish thriller film directed by Alberto Rodríguez based on the 2006 non-fiction book Paesa, el espía de las mil caras by Manuel Cerdán. [2] The film stars Eduard Fernández as Francisco Paesa, a former agent of the Spanish secret service who faked his own death after an infamous corruption scandal. The film premiered at the 64th San Sebastián International Film Festival, where it was awarded the Silver Shell for Best Actor for Eduard Fernández. [3] It was also screened at the 2016 London Film Festival. [4]
Francisco Paesa — an ex-secret agent for the Spanish government who was instrumental in the most important operation against the Basque terrorist group ETA — is framed by his own government and forced to leave the country. When he is finally able to return to Spain, he is broke and his personal life is falling apart. It is then he receives a visit from Luis Roldán, the powerful former Commissioner of Police who offers him one million dollars for help with safeguarding twelve million dollars embezzled by Roldán from the police budget. Paesa plans revenge in order to seize Roldán’s money, fooling an entire country in a brilliant and intricate operation worthy of the best illusionist.