José Luis López Vázquez, Agustin Gonzalez, Goyo Lebrero
In this short film, a man gets trapped inside a telephone box. Onlookers unsuccessfully try to free him. Then the men from the telephone company arrive, but relief turns into puzzlement, then horror, ...( read more
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Stats: 22 reviews
Masterpiece of Spanish cinema. Acid, surreal and terrifying. A holy trinity of Hitchcock, Kafka and Orwell would be proud.
As a man is trapped inside a phone box, his predicament quickly becomes a spectacle to the passersby who stop to watch as others try, unsuccessfully, to free him. His entrapment becomes a great source of amusement to the gathering crowds - and, to some degree, to us (though our u...( read more)
A short masterpiece.
A tiny slice of evil.
A film that barely speaks, yet says so much. A brilliantly directed film about telephone booths. O, las cabinas. De José Luis López.
Que brilliante cinematografía. Aunque muy corto, con minimo dialógo, es un gran ejemplo de hacer pe...( read more)
"La Cabina/The Phone Box" is a nice little claustrophobic horror flick that you can find at the moment on Youtube. This short film (34 minutes) hooks your heart and brain at all.
This is a real suffocating Spanish short that combines society fear of plots and phone booths . When I was little I couldn't go inside a Phone Booth without a foot between the door. Excellent acting, originality and an extraof spanish average 70's life.....and creepiness......th...( read more)
Great short film, although it is old and shows it. Not that it stops you from stepping into the story and wondering what would you do if it were you.
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