SMOKE & MIRRORS
North American Premiere
Country: France, Spain
Language: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Subtitles: English
Original Title: EL HOMBRE DE LAS MIL CARAS
Running Time: 122min
Film Year: 2016
Category: Knight Competition
Set in the mid-1990s, this fact-based thriller recounts the story of Spanish banker, arms dealer and spy Francisco Paesa. Narrated by Jesus Camoes (José Coronado), whose complicity in the action constitutes a seductive mystery all its own, Smoke & Mirrors tracks Paesa (Eduard Fernandez) from his return to Madrid after years of exile to his involvement in a former police chief’s sprawling embezzlement operation to his elaborate program of revenge.
The latest from Goya-winning director Alberto Rodríguez (Marshland) is a dazzling saga of crime and duplicity that recalls Scorsese and Sorrentino while blazing a trail all its own.
This film is also featured in the 2017 Film Festival’s HBO Ibero American Competition Film Category
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credits
Director: Alberto Rodriguez
Producer: Jose Antonio Felez
Screenwriter: Rafael Cobos Lopez, Alberto Rodriguez
Cinematographer: Alex Catalan
Editor: Jose M. G. Moyano
Alberto Rodriguez
Alberto Rodríguez was born in Seville. He won Goyas for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, shared with Rafael Cobos, for Marshland (14), which US premiered at Miami Film Festival. Rodríguez’s 7 Virgins (06) earned a special mention in our Knight Ibero-American Cinema competition.
