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Hypnos

David CARRERAS

Spain2004 98min 35mm Color Korean Premiere

Synopsis

A storm begins one night. An unconscious girl is found beside her bloody mother. Beatrice, a psychiatrist, works for a sanatorium that is famous for hypnotherapy. Her first patient is the girl. She wants to help her but the girl is found dead. Miguel, an amnesiac, says that the girl didn't commit suicide and warns her of danger. Doubtful, Beatrice discovers that many patients have committed suicide in this hospital. While Beatrice feels unrest in the middle of treating Miguel, she wanders between illusion and reality and becomes confused. Foreshadowing death, a curved hallway hides the secret of the hospital and the death of a new patient. Miguel spots her as the next victim. She cannot find an exit to escape after being confined in the hospital, not as a doctor but as a patient. Is she going to be a victim like the former patients who were made to appear as suicides? Why did the hospital, which has a secret, hire her? ¡´Identity¡µ and ¡´tales of two sisters¡µ solve mysteries by making illusion and fantasy through the interpretation of psychopathology. This film also uses psychopathology in reverse through mysterious elements. It is unfortunate that the film makes the audiences tired and tensed. It is a unique Spanish film.

Diretor

David CARRERAS

Born in 1961 in Barcelona, David Carreras originally studied Economics and Law before switching his attentions to filmmaking, and it was while working in publicity in Berlin, aged 30, that he began directing video-clips and TV promos. Upon returning to Barcelona in 1994, he combined his work in publicity with studying Production and Directing, before finally moving into directing full-time. Having started by directing promos in Spain, David Carreras returned to Germany, working as atelevision director and scriptwriter in Munich. As his portfolio grew in both German and Spanish television, the move into feature films seemed inevitable, and 2004 saw the Spanish release of "Hypnos" ("Hipnos"), his debut feature, which he both directed and co-wrote.