Fausto 5.0

{{Infobox film

| name = Fausto 5.0

| image = Fausto 5.0 Poster.jpg

| caption =

| director = {{ubl|Isidro Ortiz|Alex Ollé|Carlos Padrissa}}

| producer = Eduardo Campoy
Alicia Gallardo
Ramón Vidal

| screenplay = Fernando León de Aranoa

| based_on = {{Based on|Faust|Goethe}}

| starring = {{ubl|Miguel Ángel Solá|Eduard Fernández|Najwa Nimri}}

| music = Josep Maria Sanou
Toni M. Mir

| cinematography = Pedro del Rey

| editing = Manel J. Frasquiel

| distributor = Lauren Films

| released = {{Film date|2001|08|30|Venice|df=y}}

| runtime = 93 mins

| country = Spain

| language = {{ubl|Catalan|Spanish}}

}}

Fausto 5.0 is a 2001 Spanish psychological thriller{{Sfn|Herrero|2007|p=140}} film directed by Àlex Ollé, Carlos Padrissa and Isidro Ortiz from a screenplay by Fernando León de Aranoa. It stars Miguel Ángel Solá, Eduard Fernández, and Najwa Nimri.

Fausto 5.0 is the last part of a trilogy dedicated to the figure of Faust. The first two instalments were F@ust 3.0 (originally a play) and The Damnation of Faust (originally an opera).[http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/ReviewComplete.asp?FID=9076 Empire magazine] All three films were developed for the screen by La Fura dels Baus, an experimental theatre group from Barcelona.{{Cite web |url=http://www.lafura.com/web/eng/obras_ficha.php?o=75 |title=La Fura dels Baus website |access-date=2014-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227151208/http://www.lafura.com/web/eng/obras_ficha.php?o=75 |archive-date=2010-12-27 |url-status=dead }}

Plot

The plot takes place in Barcelona.{{Cite journal|page=146|first=Carmen|last=Herrero|journal=Romance Studies|volume=25|issue=2|year=2007|doi=10.1179/174581507x192983|title=Paisajes urbanos y 'no lugares' en el thriller español contemporáneo: Fausto 5.0 y La caja 507}} A doctor – Fausto – on the verge of a nervous breakdown, meets a former patient – Santos Vella – who promises to grant his every wish. Reality starts dissolving and Fausto begins to lose control.Peter Bradshaw, [https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2003/jun/06/artsfeatures7 Review] in The Guardian, 6 June 2003[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299873/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl Fausto 5.0], IMDb: plot summary[https://web.archive.org/web/20160306180337/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/268733/Faust-5-0/overview Faust 5.0], The New York Times

Cast

{{Cast listing|

Miguel Ángel Solá as Doctor Fausto{{Sfn|Herrero|2007|p=140}}
Eduard Fernández as Santos Vella{{Sfn|Herrero|2007|p=140}}
Najwa Nimri as Julia{{Sfn|Herrero|2007|p=140}}
Irene Montalà
Juan Fernández
{{ill|Raquel González (actress)|es|Raquel González (actriz)|lt=Raquel González}}

}}

Awards

Méliès d'Or Award, 2002 (among others) for the best European fantasy film{{Cite web|url=http://www.melies.org/dorwinners.asp|title=Méliès d'Or|work=melies.org|publisher=European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation|access-date=2011-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720081831/http://www.melies.org/dorwinners.asp|archive-date=2011-07-20|url-status=dead}}
International Fantasy Film Award (Best Film), Fantasporto 2002[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299873/awards Fausto 5.0], IMDb: awards
Grand Prize, Gérardmer Film Festival 2002