Hypnos (film)

Hypnos
Theatrical release poster
Spanish	Hipnos
Directed by	David Carreras
Screenplay by	J.M. Ruiz Córdoba David Carreras
Based on	Hipnos by Javier Azpeitia
Starring	Cristina Brondo Demián Bichir Féodor Atkine Natalia Sánchez
Cinematography	Xavi Giménez
Edited by	Frank Gutiérrez
Music by	Óscar Maceda
Production company	DeAPlaneta PC
Distributed by	United International Pictures
Release date	8 October 2004 (2004-10-08)
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Hypnos (Spanish: Hipnos) is a 2004 Spanish horror film directed by David Carreras [ca] in his directorial debut,[1] and starring Cristina Brondo, Demián Bichir, Féodor Atkine and Natalia Sánchez.

Plot

Set in a hi-tech psychiatric institution, the plot follows Beatriz Vargas, a young psychiatrist specialised in hypnosis who pits herself into the brink of madness upon trying to help a traumatised girl.

Cast

• Cristina Brondo [es] as Beatriz Vargas[2]
• Demián Bichir as Miguel[2]
• Féodor Atkine as Dr. Sanchez Blanc[2]
• Carlos Lasarte [es] as Dr. Zabala[2]
• Julián Villagrán as Ulloa[2]
• Marisol Membrillo [es] as Elena[2]
• Natalia Sánchez as la Niña[3]

Production

The screenplay by David Carreras Solè and Juan Manuel Ruiz Córdoba adapts the novel Hipnos by Javier Azpeitia [es].[4] The film is a DeAPlaneta PC production, and it had the participation of TVE, Canal+, and TVE.[2]

Release

Distributed by United International Pictures,[2] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 8 October 2004.[5]

Reception

Casimiro Torreiro of El País assessed that the film "requires patience", as viewers will be rewarded in the last third of the film insofar they do not let themselves "be carried away by primary emotions and remain attentive", despite the "often ridiculous dalliances of Dr. Vargas".[6]

Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be an "above-average psychodrama with a generally solid script cobbled together from the leftovers of David Fincher and M. Night Shamayalan [sic]".[2]

See also

• List of Spanish films of 2004

References

1. "Índice de directores". Directores de cine en Cataluña. De la A a la Z. Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona. Edicions.
2. Holland, Jonathan (2 November 2004). "Hypnos". Variety.
3. "Hipnos" (PDF). Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
4. Malpartida Tirado, Rafael (2021). "Catálogo de adaptaciones en el nuevo milenio: literatura y cine españoles (2001-2020)". Trasvases Entre la Literatura y el Cine. 3 (3). Málaga: UMA Editorial: 261–280. doi:10.24310/Trasvasestlc.vi3.13585.
5. "Hipnos". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
6. Torreiro, Casimiro (8 October 2022). "En los límites de la mente". El País.