Proyecto Dos

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Proyecto Dos
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Proyecto Dos theatrical poster
Directed byGuillermo Fernández Groizard
Written byNacho Cabana
Guillermo Fernández Groizard
Manuel Valdivia
Chus Vallejo
Margarita Varea
Produced byMike Downey
Zorana Piggott
José Antonio Romero
Sam Taylor
Starring Helena Carrión
Óscar Casas
Adrià Collado
Josep Maria Pou
Lucía Jiménez
Edited byJosé Ramón Lorenzo Picado
Music byDaniel Sánchez de la Hera
Christopher Slaski
Crispin Taylor
Production
companies
Film and Music Entertainment
DeA Planeta Home Entertainment
Ensueño Films
Rioja Films Producciones Cinematográficas S.L.
Distributed byDeA Planeta Home Entertainment Spain
Sunfilm Entertainment Germany DVD
Release date
  • April 25, 2008 (2008-04-25)
Running time
141 minutes
Country Spain
Language Spanish

Proyecto Dos (Eng: Project Two) is a 2008 Spanish action/thriller film and the feature debut of television director Guillermo Fernandez Groizard. [1] [2] The film had its festival premiere on April 8, 2008 at the Malaga Spanish Film Festival, [3] [4] and its theatrical debut on April 25, 2008. [5] [6]

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Production

The film's working title was Laberinto de espejos. The director stated that the casting process was tedious, but that they had the freedom to rewrite portions of the film as suitable actors were found, to better match character to actors. [7] The production was shot on locations in Argentina, London, and Madrid. The film went to festivals in Europe under the English language title of Project Two, and was released on DVD in 2009 under the German title Projekt 2. It is screening in 2010 under the shorter title Dos. [8]

Synopsis

Diego leads a pleasant and ordinary life. One night on TV, he sees a man identical to himself get killed in a road accident in Argentina. From then on he begins to realise that nothing is what he thought: not his parents, not his wife... not even himself.

Cast

Reception

Público found the visual style and pace of the film pleasing, [5] while Soitu found it a rare example of an action and special effects drama from Spanish cinema, usually only seen in Hollywood productions. [9] Marcus Littwin of Die-besten-Horrorfilme praised the film and its director, noting that the story quickly draws in the audience, and was impressed with the stunning images and exciting action and twists. [10]

Conversely, Carmen Porschen of Movie Maze found the film started well, but had major flaws, finding that the strong opening soon dilutes into an unoriginal story consistent with an average television movie. [11]

Recognition

Awards and nominations

See also

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