''Three-60'' () is a 2013 Spanish mystery thriller film directed by Alejandro Ezcurdia (in his directorial debut feature) from a screenplay by Luiso Berdejo, who is also the co-producer. The film stars Raúl Mérida alongside Guillermo Estrella, Sara Sálamo, and Joaquim de Almeida.

Plot

The plot is set against the backdrop of

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. Upon finding a set of photographs featuring long-missing friend Iván, young surfer Guillermo teams up with younger brother Mario, Fine Arts student Daniela and pal "El Ruso" to crack the mystery, involving a sinister commercial cartel.

Cast

Production

The screenplay was penned by . The film is a Bowfinger International Pictures,

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, and Zinea Sortzen production with the participation of Antena 3 TV, ETB, ONO,

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and

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and backing from the

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and Ayuntamiento de Donostia. Shooting locations included the and in

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Release

Distributed by

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, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 26 July 2013.

Reception

Fausto Fernández of ''

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'' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be a "a summer adventure of mystery, suspense and tension", "that puts all the infallible Hitchcockian arsenal at the service of a teen movie with a child sidekick". Andrea G. Bermejo of ''

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'' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, writing that although a thriller connoisseur "might dismiss

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as flat, we should not forget the oungaudience it appeals to", and, seeing it this way, "it is even formative".

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