''Nobody Knows Anybody'' () 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 Jordi Mollá alongside Natalia Verbeke and

Paz Vega María de la Paz Campos Trigo (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, 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,

Sogecine PRISA Televisión, S.A.U (PRISA TV) is a pay TV company in Spain. History and profile PRISA TV was established in 1989 and controlled (as of 2007) by PRISA. It was amongst the pioneer companies in the market to introduce interactive systems ...

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

Canal Sur Canal Sur ('South Channel') is part of Radio y Televisión de Andalucía (RTVA), the public broadcasting company of Andalusia. It was created by means of the devolved powers given to this autononomous community by an Act of Parliament in its ...

, and

Canal+ Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface flo ...

. Shooting locations included

Seville Seville ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Spain, Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the Guadalquivir, River Guadalquivir, ...

, Carmona, and

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

Release

Distributed by

Warner Sogefilms Warner Sogefilms 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 venture ...

, 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 Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most pop ...

, ,

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'' **Runners-up: Steve Kloves – '' ...

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

References

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* * 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 Films scored by Alejandro Amenábar {{1990s-thriller-film-stub