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The Invisible Guest

2016 ‘Contratiempo’ Directed by Oriol Paulo

A young businessman wakes up in a hotel room, locked from the inside, along with his lover, who was murdered while he was unconscious. He hires a prestigious lawyer, and over the course of one evening, they must work together to build a defense case for him before he is taken to jail.

Mario Casas José Coronado Bárbara Lennie Ana Wagener Francesc Orella Paco Tous David Selvas San Yélamos Iñigo Gastesi Manel Dueso Blanca Martínez Pere Brasó Jordi Brunet Robert González Martina Hurtado Ruth Llopis Jordi Llordella Annick Weerts Laia Alberch Cristian Valencia Betsy Túrnez Sandra Golpe Susana Molina Helena Resano

Alternative Titles

Um Contratempo, Der unsichtbare Gast, El invitado invisible, Näkymätön vieras, L'accusé, Αόρατος Επισκέπτης, Nevidljivi svedok, Невидимый гость, Den osynlige gästen

thriller mystery crime

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Popular reviews

Review by Anya Bo 🌹 ★★★★★

PLOT TWISTS SO MANY PLOT TWISTS... This was amazing, the actors were excellent and the whole thing was so unpredictable. WOW.
Review by Cinema Strikes Back ★★★★½

Brillant geschriebener, toll gespielter und twistvoller Psycho-Thriller, der den Zuschauer von der ersten bis zur letzten Sekunde fesselt. Was für ein fantastischer Film. Das spanische Kino zählt zum faszinierendsten, was der europäische Film zu bieten hat.
Review by Naughty aka Juli Norwood ★★★★★ 1

I went in totally blind! Hadn't a clue as to what I was in for with this exceptional crime thriller out of Spain brought to us by Writer/Director Oriol Paulo and it turned out to be an incredibly thrilling if not maddening journey to the dark side of the justice system! I'm a total crime geek so this film was made to order!

The plot like the indescretion between two adulterers highlighted in the film escalates after a tragic accident creating the snowball effect from hell, it just keeps growing bigger and darker as the story unfurls until it is completely out of control and there is beaucoup hell to pay as a result!

Once Ms. Goodman (Ana Wagener) the…
Review by matt lynch ★★½ 1

Supremely goofy, one of those mysteries where everyone makes the worst possible decision at every turn simply to justify endless absurd twists. At least this sort of thing is funny.
Review by Sofyan ★★★★★ 3

PLOT TWIST!!! PLOT TWIST!!! PLOT TWIST!!! PLOT TWIST!!! PLOT TWIST!!! PLOT TWIST!!! PLOT TWIST!!! PLOT TWIST!!!

The ending!!!! Omfg!!! The ending!!!
I didn't expect the ending to be like that. And yeah acting and the storyline is so fucking good.

(P.s I love Mario Casas :v)
Review by Marianna Neal ★★★★ 3

Don't be fooled by the premise that seems painfully familiar in a "this has been done so many times before" way. The payoff is worth it, this thriller will not let you down. Why the title change for English speakers though? The actual title (Contratiempo) translates into "Setback" which fits MUCH better.

Recent reviews

Review by Dani ★★★½

When the ending finally happened I felt like such a fool for not seeing it coming. You GOT me Oriol Paulo, you beautiful bastard!
Review by otxjunior ★★★

It lays a little bit too much on late revelations, so we got two thirds of nonsensical stuff. Still fun.
Review by Dennis ★★★★½

Toller Thriller. Wirft einen ständig neue "Wahrheiten" vor und man ist ständig am rätseln, zweifeln und mitfiebern. Hat einige Wendungen, die ich so nicht vorhergesehen habe und das ist beim heutigen Kino nicht selbstverständlich.
Review by Bruno Almeida ★★★★

Solid and well played, explendid thriler.
Review by crownOFbees ★★★★

Yeah, this was great. Didn’t see it coming, held my attention til the last second. Fantastic mystery
Review by Miguel Nunes ★★★½

Watched on: Netflix
Review by Becky Darke ★★★

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Not every film needs to be great, and this was an entertaining, distracting watch for the most part. It lost it for me just over half way through, as the flashbacks became more hypothetical and confusing and the ‘mysteries’ became less mysterious. The ‘An Inspector Calls’ finale had me rolling my eyes, but it’s still a well made little film with some interesting ideas.
Review by Daavvv ★★★★

Meskipun ada beberapa scene yg kebaca, tp suka bgt sm permainan pikirannya wkwk. Padahal simple tp dibelit2.
Review by Donkerwoud ★★★★

Hitchcock goes Rashômon. Oriol Paulo maakte een puike detective met een ongebruikelijke insteek: het mysterie ontvouwt zich langs hoe rijkeluisjongen (Mario Casas) met topadvocate Virginia Goodman (Ana Wagener) de verdediging van een geruchtmakende moordzaak rond probeert te krijgen. Adrián Doria werd in een gesloten hotelkamer gevonden met een dode vrouw en elke verdenking rust op hem. En dat terwijl Doria ervan overtuigd is dat er een gemaskerde vreemdeling bij hen in de kamer was. De klok tikt en wil hij kans maken op eerherstel of gerechtigheid, dan zal hij open kaart moeten spelen over zijn diepste geheimen.

We zien zowel het psychologische steekspel tussen advocaat/verdachte als flashbacks door de lens van een onbetrouwbare verteller. Daarnaast is 'Contratiempo' (2016) ook een…