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Cell 211 (Spanish: Celda 211) is a 2009 Spanish-French prison film directed by Daniel Monzón from a screenplay by Monzón and Jorge Guerricaechevarría and based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Francisco Pérez Gandul. The film stars Luis Tosar, Alberto Ammann, Antonio Resines, Manuel Morón, Carlos Bardem, Luis Zahera, Vicente Romero ...
Jun 30, 2010 · I don’t want to describe any more than that in specific terms. Those really would be spoilers, because in “Cell 211,” it is actually impossible to anticipate what will happen. The story follows no established formula. It discourages attempts at anticipation. It unfolds convincingly at every stage, but unpredictably.
Jul 14, 2011 · July 21st, 2011. rating: 3.5. From its wincingly grisly opening image of a prison inmate slitting his wrists, Cell 211 is a savagely unforgiving prison drama. Though we've seen this sort of story ...
A Spanish thriller based on the eponymous novel by Francisco Pérez Gandul. Cell 211 tells the story of a riot inside a dangerous ward, just when a new prison officer is having his introductory visit to the same. By chance, he sees himself locked in with the rioters and, to survive, he assumes, a new identity as a prisoner.
Cell 211: Directed by Daniel Monzón. With Luis Tosar, Alberto Ammann, Antonio Resines, Manuel Morón. The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Daniel Monzón
- 2009-11-06
Juan Oliver wants to make a good impression at his new job as a prison officer and reports to work a day early, leaving his pregnant wife, Elena, at home. During his tour of the prison, an accident occurs that knocks him unconscious. He is rushed to the empty but visibly haunted walls of cell 211. As this diversion unfolds, convicts break free ...
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Nov 17, 2009 · There are critiques of prison conditions, corruption and image-based political manoeuvres, but mostly this is a tough, tense lion’s den drama with an anti-hero so absorbing that he takes a chunk ...
