''Fausto 5.0'' is a 2001 Spanish psychological thriller film directed by Àlex Ollé, Carlos Padrissa and Isidro Ortiz from a screenplay by

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. Fausto 5.0 is the last part of a trilogy dedicated to the figure of

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. The first two instalments were F@ust 3.0 (originally a play) and The Damnation of Faust (originally an opera). All three films were developed for the screen by

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, an experimental theatre group from

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Plot

The plot takes place in Barcelona. A doctor – Fausto – on the verge of a nervous breakdown, meets a former patient – Santos Vella – who promises to grant his every wish. Reality starts dissolving and Fausto begins to lose control.

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* Méliès d'Or Award, 2002 (among others) for the best European fantasy film * International Fantasy Film Award (Best Film),

Fantasporto Fantasporto International Film Festival (Portuguese: Festival Internacional de Cinema do Porto) is an international genre film festival, annually organized since 1981 in Porto, Portugal. Screening and awarding fantasy, sci-fi and horror orient ...

2002''Fausto 5.0''

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: awards * Grand Prize,

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* 2000s Spanish-language films 2000s Catalan-language films Spanish fantasy films Spanish horror films 2001 fantasy films 2001 horror films Films based on European myths and legends Films based on Goethe's Faust 2001 films 2000s Spanish films Films set in Barcelona Spanish psychological thriller films 2001 psychological thriller films {{2000s-horror-film-stub

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