The Dead Man and Being Happy (2012)★ 5.4/10
- Comedy
- Drama
- Mystery
Directed by: Javier Rebollo
Written by: Lola Mayo, Javier Rebollo, Salvador Roselli
El Muerto is the story of a Spanish man in Argentina who one day becomes aware on the upper floor of a hospital in Buenos Aires of his approaching death. He decides to escape, to flee towards the north and across Argentina. This last cross has no specific destination. Only matters movement and sensation of extreme freedom, but above all, the feeling to leave behind only the last moment of life. Hit-man of his condition, he is intimate with death. That's why he serenely moves forward her. His long wondering, being similar by many aspects to a modern novel of cavalry. In this paradoxical movement of avoiding death while rushing towards her, he meets a women, she will be his rider. This movie is the story of a hit-man who does not murder. A story of guns that don't do fire, dogs and roads.
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José SacristánSantos
Roxana BlancoÉrika
Valeria AlonsoEnfermera joven y bonita
Jorge JellinekHombre grandeLisa CaligarisAlejandraHoracio VayDoctorPascual ConditoEnfermoCarlos ZumboEnfermoManuel GarcíaEnfermo
Juan NemirovskyMozoOmar TibertyRubénItatí Eva ArandaMucama ColombianaJosé PieriniHombre de mediana edadHoracio MaldonadoHombre elegante en calzoncillosPaula VielChicaCristian José JiménezPolicía viejo y curtidoMarcelo Raúl FernándezEl otro policíaRicardo BertoneRecepcionistaCarmen Esther NúñezCarmenMagdalena CernadasChica con una mochilaKarlien Van Der ColffChica extranjeraJuan Carlos DíazEl santiagüeñoCarlos LecuonaPadre de ÉrikaJorge MartosHermano de ÉrikaLola Mayo (voice)
Vicky PeñaMujer que ayer fue rubia
Javier Rebollo (voice)
Fermí ReixachSantiago