A trip back in time from the present to…|Oct. 05, 2007|Spain|92 Min.|R
Genre: Science;Fiction;Thriller
Description: In the Spanish countryside, Héctor, a middle-aged man living with his wife Clara, is renovating their new home. While scanning the forest with binoculars, Héctor notices a young woman removing her T-shirt. Curious, he investigates after his wife leaves for shopping and discovers the woman lying unconscious and naked. Suddenly, a mysterious man with pink bandages on his face stabs Héctor in the arm. Fleeing, Héctor enters a nearby building, where he contacts a scientist via walkie-talkie. The scientist warns him about the bandaged man and guides him to safety, advising him to hide in a large mechanical device. When Héctor exits the machine, he realizes he has traveled an hour back in time.
The scientist explains that the machine is an experimental time travel device and refers to Héctor as “Héctor 2.” He insists they must let events unfold without interference. Ignoring the warning, Héctor 2 drives away, encounters a cyclist, and is forced off the road by a van, sustaining a head injury. He uses a bandage from his arm wound to cover the cut, turning it pink from the blood. The cyclist, the same woman Héctor saw earlier, approaches to check on him. Héctor 2 replicates the earlier events, causing her to undress in view of his earlier self. When she runs away, he catches her, accidentally knocking her unconscious. After laying her out naked, he stabs his earlier self in the arm when he arrives. The woman escapes.
Returning home, Héctor 2 hears a scream and chases a woman through the house to the roof. As he tries to grab her, she slips and falls to her death. From the roof, Héctor 2 sees the body, horrified to believe he has killed his wife.
Cast director: Nacho Vigalondo
Cast actor: Karra Elejalde, Candela Fernández, Bárbara Goenaga, Nacho Vigalondo, Juan Inciarte, Libby Brien, Nicole Dionne, Philip Hersh
Original name: Los cronocrímenes