Rating: NR
Genre:
Horror
Release Date: 06/01/2004
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: DD2/DD5.1
Run Time: 90 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
A doctor's past comes back to haunt him in an unexpected way in this modern variation on the classic tale of
Faust.
Dr. Fausto (
Miguel Angel Sola) is a respected oncologist whose career has practically taken over his life; he has no wife or children, and he's barely aware of the fact his beautiful assistant
Julia (
Najwa Nimri) is obviously in love with him. One day,
Fausto finds himself so overwhelmed with his wildly stressful career that be begins pondering suicide as he waits for a train, only to be interrupted by
Julia, who brings him the briefcase he left at his office. After boarding his train, the distraught
Faust encounters
Santos Vella (
Eduard Fernandez), who introduces himself as one of
Fausto's former patients; after
Fausto removed his stomach and informed him that he had but three months to live,
Vella opted to stop seeing doctors and ignore their advice -- and he says he's been feeling fine ever since. Despite
Vella's contemptuous attitude towards modern medicine, he is both friendly and grateful to
Fausto, and insists on giving the doctor a ride after a taxi breakdown leaves
Fausto stranded. From then on,
Fausto finds he can't get rid of his new friend, no matter how hard he tries -- everywhere he goes,
Vella is close behind, and when
Faust declares that he needs female companionship instead,
Vella arranges for
Fausto to spend the evening with
Marta (
Irene Montala), a prostitute who proves to be similarly unavoidable.
Fausto 5.0 was the first motion picture directed and produced by members of La Fura, an acclaimed Spanish theater troupe.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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