Director: Oriol Paulo
Starring: Mario Casas, Ana Wagener, Jose Coronado, Barbara Lennie
A successful entrepreneur accused of murder and a witness preparation expert have less than three hours to come up with an impregnable defense.
Oh, wow, what a movie! This was absolutely fantastic!
‘The Invisible Guest’ is the type of movie where saying too much might result in spoilers, and since this is such a captivating movie with plenty of twists and surprises, I’d prefer not to do spoilers on this one. Surprise is the film’s best element, and I don’t want to ruin that.
From the sensational script to the superb performances and the fantastic editing, this Spanish film is a top-notch production. Mario Casas stars as successful entrepreneur Adrian Doria. He is a married man with a young child, but is having an affair with photographer Laura Vidal, who is married to Bruno.
The film starts off with Adrian being accused of murder. Talking to his attorney Virginia Goodman, Adrian insists he is being framed, and that he was being blackmailed. And then he tells his story from the beginning. All I’m going to say, is that Adrian and Laura were together away from home. An accident and Laura’s decisions thereafter changed everything. Calling the authorities and reporting the accident would have exposed their relationship, and both had too much to loose. So a plan was devised to save them from the predicament they found themselves in.
As I said, there are twists aplenty in this clever thriller. I was completely invested in this film from beginning to end – and what an absolutely brilliant ending I never saw coming!! This was stunning!
In Spanish.
Would I watch it again? Yes, definitely – even if I know how it ends.
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