Smoke & Mirrors (2016 film)

Smoke & Mirrors
Smoke & Mirrors
	Film poster (international)
	El hombre de las mil caras
Directed by	Alberto Rodríguez
Written by	Alberto Rodríguez; Rafael Cobos
Based on	Paesa, el espía de las mil caras; by Manuel Cerdán
Starring	Eduard Fernández; José Coronado; Marta Etura
Cinematography	Alex Catalán
Music by	Julio de la Rosa
Production; companies	Zeta Cinema; Atresmedia Cine; Atípica Films; Sacromonte
Distributed by	Film Factory Entertainment
Release dates	17 September 2016 (San Sebastián); 23 September 2016 (Spain);
Running time	123 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Smoke & Mirrors (Spanish: El hombre de las mil caras) is a 2016 Spanish thriller film directed by Alberto Rodríguez based on the 2006 non-fiction book Paesa, el espía de las mil caras by Manuel Cerdán.^[2] The film stars Eduard Fernández as Francisco Paesa, a former agent of the Spanish secret service who faked his own death after an infamous corruption scandal. The film premiered at the 64th San Sebastián International Film Festival, where it was awarded the Silver Shell for Best Actor for Eduard Fernández.^[3] It was also screened at the 2016 London Film Festival.^[4]

Plot[]

Francisco Paesa — an ex-secret agent for the Spanish government who was instrumental in the most important operation against the Basque terrorist group ETA — is framed by his own government and forced to leave the country. When he is finally able to return to Spain, he is broke and his personal life is falling apart. It is then he receives a visit from Luis Roldán, the powerful former Commissioner of Police who offers him one million dollars to help him safeguard twelve million dollars that were embezzled from the budget he used to control. Paesa’s acute mind will plan revenge in order to seize Roldán’s money, fooling an entire country in a brilliant and intricate operation worthy of the best illusionist.

Cast[]

José Coronado as Jesús Camoes
Eduard Fernández as Francisco Paesa
Emilio Gutiérrez Caba as Osorno
Carlos Santos as Luis Roldán
Marta Etura as Nieves Fernández Puerto
Christian Stamm as Hans
Philippe Rebbot as Jean-Pierre Pinaud
Luis Callejo as Juan Alberto Belloch
[es] as Tipo Filatelia
Craig Stevenson as Georges Starckman
Ramón Rados as Rafael Vera
Mireia Portas as Gloria
Enric Benavent as Casturelli
Jons Pappila as Arlauckas
Israel Elejalde as González
[es] as Bermejo
Pedro Casablanc as Abogado de Paesa
[gl] as Beatriz

Awards and nominations[]

Awards	Category	Nominated	Result
64th San Sebastián International Film Festival^[3]	Golden Shell for Best Film		Nominated
64th San Sebastián International Film Festival^[3]	Best Actor	Eduard Fernández	Won
IV Premios Feroz^[5]^[6]	Best Drama Film		Nominated
	Best Director	Alberto Rodríguez	Nominated
	Best Screenplay	Alberto Rodríguez & Rafael Cobos	Nominated
	Best Main Actor	Eduard Fernández	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor	Carlos Santos	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor	José Coronado	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actress	Marta Etura	Nominated
	Best Original Soundtrack	Julio de la Rosa	Nominated
	Best Trailer		Nominated
	Best Film Poster		Won
31st Goya Awards^[7]	Best Film		Nominated
	Best Director	Alberto Rodríguez	Nominated
	Best Actor	Eduard Fernández	Nominated
	Best New Actor	Carlos Santos	Won
	Best Adapted Screenplay	Alberto Rodríguez & Rafael Cobos	Won
	Best Editing	José M.G. Moyano	Nominated
	Best Art Direction	Pepe Domínguez del Olmo	Nominated
	Best Production Supervision	Manuela Ocón	Nominated
	Best Sound	Daniel de Zayas, César Molina & José Antonio Manovel	Nominated
	Best Makeup & Hairstyles	Yolanda Piña	Nominated
	Best Original Score	Julio de la Rosa	Nominated

References[]

^ "Smoke & Mirrors". Film Factory Entertainment. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
^ "'Smoke and Mirrors' ('El Hombre de las Mil Caras'): San Sebastián Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 19 September 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Eduard Fernández, Concha de Plata por su Paesa de 'El hombre de las mil caras'". El País (in Spanish). 24 September 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
^ "Smoke & Mirrors". BFI. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
^ "'El hombre de las mil caras lidera los Feroz". LosExtras (in Spanish). 1 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
^ "La lista completa de ganadores de los premios Feroz 2017" (in Spanish). El Huffinton Post. January 23, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
^ "Juan Antonio Bayona's 'A Monster Calls' Leads Goya Award Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. December 14, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2017.

External links[]

[1] "Smoke & Mirrors". Film Factory Entertainment. Retrieved 20 January 2017.

[HWR-2] "'Smoke and Mirrors' ('El Hombre de las Mil Caras'): San Sebastián Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 19 September 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2017.

[El_País-3] "Eduard Fernández, Concha de Plata por su Paesa de 'El hombre de las mil caras'". El País (in Spanish). 24 September 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2017.

[BFI-4] "Smoke & Mirrors". BFI. Retrieved 20 January 2017.

[5] "'El hombre de las mil caras lidera los Feroz". LosExtras (in Spanish). 1 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.

[6] "La lista completa de ganadores de los premios Feroz 2017" (in Spanish). El Huffinton Post. January 23, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2017.

[7] "Juan Antonio Bayona's 'A Monster Calls' Leads Goya Award Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. December 14, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2017.

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