The Art of Dying
2000 · Movie · 99 min · ★ 5.5 · 27% critics
Four years after a young, promising painter vanishes, police reopen the case and start questioning the people closest to him. As old secrets and uneasy friendships resurface, the investigation turns into a tense race to uncover what really happened before fear and suspicion take over.
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Details
- Original title
- El arte de morir
- Years
- 2000
- Release date
- 2000-03-29
- Language
- Spanish
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Critic score
- 27/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.5/10 (24 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a Spanish slasher-style mystery with a cold, unsettling mood and a reopened case vibe, similar to Twin Murders: The Silence of the White City; Not for you if you need fast pacing and consistently intense suspense.
Pros: dark, chilling atmosphere; intriguing mystery setup; ensemble cast energy | Cons: slow, sometimes boring; weak tension and scares; predictable, messy twists
Themes
- painter
- serial killer
- slasher
- police investigation
- psychothriller
Cast & crew
Fele Martínez
as Iván
María Esteve
as Clara
Gustavo Salmerón
as Nacho
Adrià Collado
as Carlos
Lucía Jiménez
as Patricia
Elsa Pataky
as Candela
Sergio Peris-Mencheta
as Ramón
Emilio Gutiérrez Caba
as Quintana
Adolfo Fernández
as Luis
Pepa López
as Clara's Mother
Directed by Álvaro Fernández Armero