Product Details

• Actors: Anthony Blake; Manuel Solàs; Abel Folk
• Directors: Carlos Atanes
• Producers: Marta Timón
• Language: Spanish, English
• Region: All Regions
• Studio: FortKnox Audiovisual
• DVD Release Date: November 20, 2008
• Run Time: 116 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001LNOL5A
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #125,968 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Product Description

The last Sci-Fi movie!

A renowned SF writer is at a local convention to talk about his work. As he takes the podium he renounces his work as utter fictional rubbish and declares that he has found a portal to another world, orbiting the star PROXIMA. "Simply listen to my new book-on-CD and be delivered", he proclaims. Unsurprisingly, this bizarre announcement is not well received by his fans. But Tony, the owner of a specialist DVD and video store is attending the conference, and being an open-minded dreamer buys the disc to try it out.

Are the strange visions he starts to experience real? Have a selected group of humans really found a shortcut to the star PROXIMA? Could there really exist a conspiracy on Earth to aid an invasion by an alien fleet? And is the super-strong armour he's made to wear really "invisible" or is he simply an emperor parading round in new underpants?

V.O. Spanish + English subtitles

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Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars OK !!!!!, March 25, 2009

By	Luis Alberto Timon - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

It is a science film fiction in which reality and fantasy are mixed of a very intelligent way. I recommend it strongly

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spanish Sci Fi, December 4, 2008

By	Zirta (Madrid) - See all my reviews

In "PROXIMA", no one knows if what's happening is real or not: Is Tony's world a product derived from severe madness? Which reality is the correct one?
"PRÓXIMA", a film very much inspired by Philip K. Dick's work, gives no answers: both the "established" and the "fantasy" worlds are just as valid.
Tony can either choose between rationality or following his dreams... What will he finally do?

5.0 out of 5 stars Trippy fun, May 16, 2009

By	Michael Everleth "Mike Everleth" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a trippy mind-blast from phenomenal Spanish auteur Carlos Atanes.

The film starts simply with Tony (Oriol Aubets), a total nerd who is obsessed with sci-fi movies and books. When his favorite author, Felix Cadecq (Manel Solás), claims that aliens actually exist, Tony is the only person who believes him.

As Tony begins his journey to find out the truth, he becomes involved with a secret cult and his reality begins to degrade. Is Tony actually going to have his wildest dreams fulfilled or has he completely lost his mind?

Atanes gives no easy answers with his film that's clearly been influenced by the work of Philip K. Dick. Aubets plays Tony with the perfect pitch of hopeful optimism so that the audience is really rooting for him to succeed in his quest despite how far-fetched the plot grows around him. Atanes is also very suggestive with his special effects, giving us just a hint of what may or not be real.