It is worthy of the best film of 2009 in Spain

Juan, a very weak character, in a professional spirit, went to the prison a day earlier to report. But fate tricked him, and he embarked on a road of no return. Seemingly weak, he unfortunately entered the prison of mixed fish and dragons. With his extremely high IQ and emotional intelligence, he became friends with the boss of the prison, Scar. He also rescued cellmates and even hostages time and time again. Even though he cut off the ear of the hostage with his own hands, he successfully prevented the death of the hostage. It was not until his wife was innocently beaten by the warden and died unfortunately that Juan stabbed the warden to death in anger. At that moment, he had no choice. The warden betrayed Juan in the anger of everyone. Only by ending the warden could Juan save himself. After the murder, Juan had no way out. Before the negotiating experts, he admitted to the murder, and tried his best to fight for the rights and interests of his inmates and succeeded. Everyone is forced, and it is the evil environment that has changed the male protagonist.
Prison-themed films, the struggle and loyalty of the underworld are always themes. Although Scar is a villain, he is successfully dissuaded by Juan every time, and he feels his loyalty and kindness more. No matter when, no matter how suspicious the people around him are, Scar always stands by Juan. Even if the prison authorities told the truth, he fully understood Juan.
Juan is a small man with great wisdom. From the beginning, he was able to judge the situation and protect himself. In such a complex and dangerous environment, he can still maintain his composure and possess extremely high responsiveness, saving danger time and time again. He weaves for himself a very credible crime fact-killing, killing drug dealers for his younger brother, and borrowing his pregnant wife to gain Scar's sympathy and trust for himself. And in the riot event, he gave steady instructions to make himself successful. However, he was in a sinister river and lake, and in the end he was shot to death by Apache.
Even more impressive is the impermanence of fate. If it wasn't for an emergency, he would have already escaped the danger by talking to his wife. Coincidence time and time again, resulting in the final cup. If he hadn't reported a day earlier, he wouldn't have suffered a prison riot, and he would have been fine; if he hadn't been injured in prison, he wouldn't have been abandoned by his peers; if there had been no riot in the prison, he would have easily escaped; if his wife had not been involved in the riot , was knocked down to death, and he would not kill. . . . .
The plot of the film is compact, the rhythm is lively, and the subject matter is novel. What is a bit inappropriate is that the way of flashbacks at the beginning, with Juan's colleagues flashbacks, makes people feel that there is no suspense in Juan's death.
Of course, the film also pointed directly at the political side, satirizing the government's inaction and ignoring the people's human rights. With its novel and in-depth themes, the film won 8 awards of Spain's highest film honor in 2009. The performance of the leading actor is also quite superb, and the actor won the best actor for this film.

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