THE HIDDEN FACE SKIN

After losing the key that enabled her freedom, BelГ©n realises that she is going to die alone in the room that once held so much hope. For BelГ©n, the room that was once an opportunity for truth, turns into her own tomb.

THE HIDDEN FACE SKIN

While Vera (Elena Anaya) is locked away against her own will in The Skin I Live In, BelГ©n goes there by her own free will. The hidden room is not a space that offers protection or to calculate revenge she only wants the truth. BelГ©n wants to see if her boyfriend is cheating on her and to test how much he will miss her when he finds her video. However, the hidden room is used to different effect in The Hidden Face the room is used, initially, as a space from which to spy on someone. It is also interesting to consider The Hidden Face alongside other Spanish films that feature hidden rooms such as The Orphanage ( El orfanato 2007) and Pedro AlmodГіvarвЂ™s The Skin I Live In ( La piel que habito 2011). In Edward DmytrykвЂ™s 1949 film Obsession (released in the US as The Hidden Room) the room is used as a space for the main character to hide away in order to plot his revenge on his cheating wife. Hidden rooms have been used in other films before such as David FincherвЂ™s Panic Room (2002) where the room is used as a safe space to hide from criminals. The hidden room within the film is what makes this film so innovative. Once BelГ©n realises she cannot get out, she becomes increasingly distressed, which escalates when AdriГЎn embarks on a new relationship with the beautiful Fabiana (GarcГa) and she is forced to watch. Unluckily BelГ©n, as anyone who has seen the trailer will know, becomes a prisoner inside her secret room as she loses the one key that enables her release. Little does AdriГЎn know that BelГ©n, in a ploy to test his affections, has locked herself away in a hidden room inside the house so that she can observe his reactions. The filmвЂ™s powerful opening sees AdriГЎn (GutiГ©rrez) watching a video his girlfriend BelГ©n (Lago) has recorded to tell him she is leaving. The Hidden Face stars Clare Lago, who was nominated for a Goya (Spanish Oscar) for her performance in the acclaimed CarolвЂ™s Journey (2002) Quim GutiГ©rrez, who won a Goya for his performance in Dark Blue Almost Black ( Azuloscurocasinegro 2006) and Martina GarciГЎ, who starred in SebastiГЎn CorderoвЂ™s award-winning Rage ( Rabia 2009). His first, the Columbian crime drama Satan (SatanГЎs 2007), won awards for best actor and best film at the Festival of Monte Carlo. The Hidden Face ( La cara oculta) is a Spanish thriller directed by AndrГ©s Baiz and is his second feature-length film.

The hidden face