''Nobody Knows Anybody'' ( es, Nadie conoce a nadie, links=no) is a 1999 Spanish-French thriller film directed by

Mateo Gil Mateo Gil Rodríguez (born 23 September 1972, Las Palmas, Spain) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, second unit director, assistant director, cinematographer, editor and producer. He co-wrote most of Alejandro Amenábar's films with him, ...

, based on the novel by Juan Bonilla. It stars Eduardo Noriega and

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alongside

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and

Paz Vega María de la Paz Campos Trigos (born 2 January 1976), known professionally as Paz Vega (), is a Spanish actress. She became popular for her performance in comedy television series ''7 vidas''. Her film credits include ''Sex and Lucia'' (2001), ...

Plot

Amid the spectacular festivities of

Holy Week in Seville Holy Week in Seville (In Spanish: ''Semana Santa de Sevilla'') is one of two biggest annual festivals in Seville, Andalusia, Spain, the other being the ''Feria de Abril'' (April Fair), which follows two weeks later. It is celebrated in the week l ...

, an aspiring novelist struggles with his work and pays his bills by composing crossword puzzles. A cryptic recording left on his answering machine demands that he include a certain word in a future puzzle and he becomes drawn into a spiraling tangle of mystery, danger, and confusion. Soon he is forced into participating in a real-life version of a computer game on the narrow streets of Seville with extremely high stakes for the entire city.

Cast

Production

The film is a Spanish-French co-production by Maestranza Films,

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, and DMVB Films, with the collaboration of the Andalusia Film Commission,

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, and

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. Shooting locations included

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, and

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

Release

Distributed by

Warner Sogefilms Warner Sogefilms AIE was a film distribution label in Spain active from 1998 to 2005. It was created in January 1998 as a ''joint venture'' of Sogecable (Prisa) and Warner Bros., bringing the demise of Sogepaq Distribución (a previous joint vent ...

, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 26 November 1999.

Accolades

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14th Goya Awards The 14th Goya Awards were presented at L'Auditori in Barcelona, Spain on 29 January 2000. It was the first Goya awards ceremony to have taken place outside of Madrid. ''All About My Mother'' won the award for Best Film. Winners and nominees Maj ...

, ,

Best New Director ''Best New Director'' was an award given by the New York Film Critics Circle from its first inception in 1989 until discontinuing in 1996. There was no award in 1993. 1980s 1989 *Kenneth Branagh – ''Henry V (1989 film), Henry V'' **Runners-up: St ...

, , Mateo Gil , , , , rowspan = "5" , , - , Best Special Effects , , Raúl Romanillos, Manuel Horrillo, José Núñez,

Emilio Ruiz del Río Emilio Ruiz del Río (1923 – September 14, 2007) was a Spanish film set decorator and special effects and visual effects artist. Ruiz del Rio's career spanned over 60 years. Career Ruiz del Río's filmography includes work on over 450 fil ...

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References

External links

* * 1999 films 1999 thriller films Films set in Seville Films about games Films about terrorism in Europe Spanish thriller films 1990s Spanish films 1990s Spanish-language films Sogecine films Maestranza Films films Films shot in the province of Seville Films shot in Madrid Films based on Spanish novels {{1990s-thriller-film-stub