Hypnos (film)

Hypnos
Hypnos
	Theatrical release poster
Spanish	Hipnos
Directed by	David Carreras
Screenplay by	J.M. Ruiz Córdoba; David Carreras;
Based on	Hipnos; by Javier Azpeitia
Starring	Cristina Brondo; DeAPlaneta PC;
Distributed by	United International Pictures
Release date	8 October 2004;
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Hypnos (Spanish: Hipnos) is a 2004 Spanish horror and psychological drama film directed by David Carreras [ca] (in his directorial debut feature)^[1] which stars Cristina Brondo alongside Demián Bichir, Féodor Atkine, and Natalia Sánchez.

Plot

Set in a hi-tech psychiatric institution, the plot follows Beatriz Vargas, a young psychiatrist specialised in hypnosis who pits herself into the brink of madness upon trying to help a traumatised girl.

Cast

Cristina Brondo [es] as Beatriz Vargas^[2]
Demián Bichir as Miguel^[2]
Féodor Atkine as Dr. Sanchez Blanc^[2]
Carlos Lasarte [es] as Dr. Zabala^[2]
Julián Villagrán as Ulloa^[2]
Marisol Membrillo [es] as Elena^[2]
Natalia Sánchez as la Niña^[3]

Production

The screenplay by David Carreras Solè and Juan Manuel Ruiz Córdoba adapts the novel Hipnos by

DeAPlaneta PC production, and it had the participation of TVE, Canal+, and TVE.^[2]

Release

Distributed by United International Pictures,^[2] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 8 October 2004.^[5]

Reception

Casimiro Torreiro of El País assessed that the film "requires patience", as viewers will be rewarded in the last third of the film insofar they do not let themselves "be carried away by primary emotions and remain attentive", despite the "often ridiculous dalliances of Dr. Vargas".^[6]

Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be an "above-average psychodrama with a generally solid script cobbled together from the leftovers of David Fincher and M. Night Shamayalan [sic]".^[2]

References

^ "Índice de directores". Directores de cine en Cataluña. De la A a la Z. Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona. Edicions.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Holland, Jonathan (2 November 2004). "Hypnos". Variety.
^ "Hipnos" (PDF). Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
doi:10.24310/Trasvasestlc.vi3.13585
.

^ "Hipnos". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.

^ Torreiro, Casimiro (8 October 2022). "En los límites de la mente". El País.

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[1] "Índice de directores". Directores de cine en Cataluña. De la A a la Z. Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona. Edicions.

[holland-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Holland, Jonathan (2 November 2004). "Hypnos". Variety.

[mcu-3] "Hipnos" (PDF). Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 17 November 2022.

[4] doi:10.24310/Trasvasestlc.vi3.13585
.

[fotogramas-5] "Hipnos". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.

[6] Torreiro, Casimiro (8 October 2022). "En los límites de la mente". El País.

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