The Body – Die Leiche (2012)

The Body – Die Leiche: Directed by Oriol Paulo. With Jose Coronado, Hugo Silva, Belén Rueda, Aura Garrido. A detective searches for the body of a femme fatale which has gone missing from a morgue.

“In the fifties,in Europa , France used to rule over the thriller.No Longer so.Spain has been releasing great thrillers for almost two decades now whereas my native land lost the good recipes a long time ago.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhy do I mention France?Because I think that ,much more than any Hitchcocku0026#39;s masterpieces ,u0026quot;El Cuerpou0026quot; reminds me of Henri-Georges Clouzotu0026#39;s classic u0026quot;Les Diaboliquesu0026quot; (1955),currently in IMDb top 250.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA woman killed by diabolical lovers ,a woman whose body disappears and thus might or might not be dead;the assassinu0026#39;s growing terror;the wealthy wifeu0026#39;s wickedness -Clouzotu0026#39;s characters are often pure evil-and the murky atmosphere ,the morgue,the disturbing corridors of a police station,the gruesome details;and like in Clouzotu0026#39;s (or Hitchcocku0026#39;s) works,a firm screenplay which does not fall apart in the first third,and grabs you till the final unexpected twist, as brilliant as that of u0026quot;Les Diaboliquesu0026quot; and which justifies the first pictures which may puzzle the viewer.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe hero is like a puppet- but who pulls the strings?- ,a brilliant chemistry professor but a weak little boy under a matronly wifeu0026#39;s thumb.Her appearances in flashbacks (or in sequences in which the husband is seeing things?) gives the jitters .Like in Clouzotu0026#39;s film,the victim is more disturbing than his/her killers.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA tense suspense which thrillers buffs must not miss!”