Under the bright summer sky and at an ordinary Madrid neighbourhood , three friends : Andrade (Raúl Arévalo) , Paco (Antonio de la Torre ) and Ramón (Chema del Barco) have been newly fired from the company where they worked , as they join at a flat to deal with the unfortunate happenings . The three working-class friends are extremely demoralized due to their unemployment situation while holding disappointment , frustration and depression . In these circumstances the offbeat , stressed trio Paco, Ramón , and Andrade meet to undertake a peculiar purport . The companions meet to come up with a special plan , that mentions the title , but an unpredictable setback confines them at the apartment . As they get in a trouble : the car with which they would travel has broken down and the crane must wait . Step by step the troubled friends are looking for an alternative solution , but things go wrong.
This interesting movie contains dramatic events , suspense , tension , and plot twists . The picture packs long set pieces in an only locked room with continuous tension maintained throughout and surprising ending . The film displays superb performances from the the main characters , three colleagues who bear a bitter frustration , stressing lives and all of them have fallen in deep distresses . Besides , it has a literately witty dialog by screenwriting by Ignasi Vidal and Polo Menárguez himself . In fact , its origin results to be a very represented play that firstly was played at a flat where the spectators watched the narrowed threatical stage nearly the actors . Subsequently , the representation moved to a theatrical scenario where had success enough , and acted by the same actors as the cinematic interpretation . Drama movie based on the play by Ignasi Vidal dealing with three recently unemployed and damaged friends , as the trio has come up with a plan to get out of the tight spot , as they're really demoralized because of their unemployment status , as they have been fired from their company , along the way they talk , they become involved into an endless series of intense arguments and some uncomfortable moments of their unsettling lives begin to emerge to the light and finally takes place a terrible , unexpected denouement when is discovered a horrific event . They are excellently played by Raúl Arévalo , Antonio de la Torre and Chema del Barco , all of them give terrific acting .
The motion picture was professionally directed by Polo Menárguez , though a little bit boring , heavily claustrophobic and slow-moving . Polo Menárguez is a writer and director from Madrid, Spain, known for his awarded fiction short film Si tuvieran ojos, and his shocking feature documentary Winter in Europe about the dramatic situation of afghan refugees in Serbia. He has also directed the fiction series C. R. A. K. S for Disney Channel and subsequently shot this his first fiction feature, El Plan, and Hit TV series . The plan 2019 got some awards and nominations such as : ASECAN 2021 , Winner ASECAN Award Best Lead Actor Chema del Barco , Nominee ASECAN Award Best Lead Actor , Antonio de la Torre , Best Cinematography Alejandro Espadero , Best Production Design
Enrique Mellado. Cinema Writers Circle Awards , Spain 2021 Winner
CEC Award Best New Actor Chema del Barco , Nominee CEC Award Best Adapted Screenplay Ignasi Vidal , Polo Menárguez . Feroz Awards, ES 2021 Nominee Feroz Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role , Chema del Barco , Nominee , Special Award Polo Menárguez Nacho La Casa
Capitán Araña . Goya Awards 2021 Nominee Goya Best New Actor , Chema del Barco , Best Sound Mar González , Francesco Lucarelli , Nacho Royo-Villanova . Valladolid International Film Festival 2019 Nominee Golden Spike Best Film Polo Menárguez.
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