Summary
A tale of cheats and impostors, taking its inspiration from true facts and from one of the most intriguing characters of recent decades: the spy Francisco Paesa.
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- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 68GoodWatch 67
IMDb6.8
Letterboxd · 5 K ratings3.4/5
Box office
48%of its budget back
- Budget
- $5 M
- Worldwide
- $2 M
Worldwide it made back $2 M of the $5 M it cost.
Running time
2 h 3 min
A typical length for history movies
typical 122123Half of all history movies run 108–138 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 7 more
Released
2016
September 23, 2016
10 years ago
Genres
HistoryThrillerLanguage
Spanish
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishFrenchMade in
- Spain
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchDrop-in FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 16 more23 people
- Eduard FernándezFrancisco Paesa
- Carlos SantosLuis Roldán
- Jose CoronadoJesús Camoes (as Jose Coronado)
- Marta EturaNieves Fernández Puerto
- Itziar AtienzaLand stewardess
- Christian StammHans
- Craig StevensonGeorges Starckman
- Luis CallejoJuan Alberto Belloch
Emilio Gutiérrez CabaOsorno
Pedro CasablancLawyer
Philippe RebbotPinaud
Jimmy ShawInverter 3
Tomás del EstalBermejo
Alba GalochaBeatriz
José Manuel PogaJournalist 2- VGVerónica GoyaVicy Lafayette
Marcos RuizHijo Camoes
Enric BenaventCasturelli
Miquel García BordaInversor 1
Mireia PortasGloria- RSRafael SandovalDetective
- RRRamón RadosRafael Vera
- SMSantiago MoleroInversor 2
Directing · 1
- Alberto Rodríguez Director, Writer
Writing · 2
- Rafael Cobos Writer
- Manuel Cerdán Novel
Production · 1
- Axel Kuschevatzky Delegated Producer
Camera · 1
- Álex Catalán Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- José M. G. Moyano Editor
Sound · 1
- Julio de la Rosa Original Music Composer
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Fernando García Costume Design
- Yolanda Piña Makeup Artist
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