Modesto, an honest and responsible professional, is a manager of a small bank branch in Costa del Sol. His daughter died in a forest fire which he had thought to be accidental. One day he wakes up in his bank, after being locked and dragged by unknown men, and finds out in a safety-deposit box that the fire was plotted. From that day on, he sets on a personal crusade for justice.
Acting
Antonio Resines simmers with restrained, devastating grief.
Direction
Urbizu builds dread through mundane spaces.
Writing
Revenge plot that questions whether justice exists.
Director
Enrique Urbizu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Box 507 was part of a wave of Spanish thrillers exposing Franco-era corruption lingering in modern institutions.
The bank vault set was an actual decommissioned branch—Resines accidentally locked himself in for real during one take.
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