El día de la bestia
feature film, 1995
DIRECTED BY: Álex de la Iglesia
CAST:
Alex Angulo,
Santiago Segura,
Maria Grazia Cuchinota
SCRIPT:
Alex de la Iglesia,
Jorge Guerricaechevarria
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Flavio Martínez Labiano
Synopsis:
Madrid, Christmas Eve of 1995. Millions of carefree inhabitants are preparing
to enjoy their Christmas celebration with family. The atmosphere is one of
complete bliss, the town shines in decorations, and faces are filled with joy.
Priest Angel Berriartua, professor of theology on the Deusto university,
spent twenty years researching the Apocalypse according to St John and trying to
decipher the message hidden in the ancient text. Finally he concludes that the
Antichrist will be born on December 25, 1995 before dawn. What he doesn’t know
is where this will take place. In order to contact the evil, armed to the teeth
he sets off to fight it more with help of improvisation and criminal than with
sacredness…The film El día de la bestia won many awards – seven "Goyas", the most
important Spanish award for film, among other those for best director.
color, 103 min