Nobody Knows Anybody

Nobody Knows Anybody (Spanish: Nadie conoce a nadie) is a 1999 Spanish-French thriller film directed by Mateo Gil, based on the novel by Juan Bonilla. It stars Eduardo Noriega and Jordi Mollá alongside Natalia Verbeke and Paz Vega.

Nobody Knows Anybody
Theatrical release poster
Spanish	Nadie conoce a nadie
Directed by	Mateo Gil
Screenplay by	Mateo Gil
Based on	Nadie conoce a nadie by Juan Bonilla
Starring	Eduardo Noriega Jordi Mollá Natalia Verbeke Paz Vega
Cinematography	Javier Salmones
Edited by	Nacho Ruiz Capillas
Music by	Alejandro Amenábar
Production companies	Maestranza Films Sogecine DMVB Films
Distributed by	Warner Sogefilms
Release date	26 November 1999 (1999-11-26) (Spain)
Running time	108 minutes
Countries	Spain France
Language	Spanish

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

• Eduardo Noriega as Simón^[1]
• Jordi Mollá as Sapo^[1]
• Natalia Verbeke as María^[1]
• Paz Vega as Ariadna^[1]
• Pedro Álvarez-Ossorio [es] as Padre Andrés^[2]
• Críspulo Cabezas [es] as Pirata^[2]
• José Manuel Seda [es] as Capa^[2]
• Jesús Olmedo as Brujo^[2]
• Petra Martínez as Encargada Archivo de Indias^[2]
• Manuel Morón [es] as Jefe de redacción^[2]

Production

The film is a Spanish-French co-production by Maestranza Films, Sogecine, and DMVB Films, with the collaboration of the Andalusia Film Commission, Canal Sur, and Canal+.^[3] Shooting locations included Seville, Carmona, and Madrid.^[2]

Release

Distributed by Warner Sogefilms, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 26 November 1999.^[4]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2000	14th Goya Awards	Best New Director	Mateo Gil	Nominated	[5]
		Best Special Effects	Raúl Romanillos, Manuel Horrillo, José Núñez, Emilio Ruiz del Río	Won

See also

• List of Spanish films of 1999

References

1. Pérez Rufí 2001, p. 97.
2. Pérez Rufí 2001, p. 110.
3. Pérez Rufí, José Patricio (2001). "Sevilla como personaje en Nadie conoce a nadie" (PDF). Andalucía: una civilización para el cine (pp. 95-110). Seville: Padilla libros. p. 109. ISBN 8484341313 – via Universidad de Sevilla.
4. "Nadie conoce a nadie · España-Francia 1999". Adaptaciones de la literatura española en el cine español. Referencias y bibliografía. Retrieved 23 November 2022 – via Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes.
5. Viaje al cine español. 25 años de los Premios Goya (PDF), Lunwerg, 2011, p. 282, ISBN 978-84-9785-791-8

External links

• Nobody Knows Anybody at IMDb
• Nobody Knows Anybody at Rotten Tomatoes