A pianist sees murder but won't snitch—cowardice or survival instinct?
Andrés, an unsuccessful young pianist, witnesses a murder; but keeps silent for fear that the man he has seen next to the corpse will retaliate against him.
Acting
Carlos Estrada's sweaty, cornered-rat desperation carries every frame.
Direction
Borau squeezing Hitchcock tension from a shoestring Franco-era budget.
Director
José Luis Borau
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Borau shot this in 18 days with borrowed equipment, hiding from Franco censors who hated psychological complexity.
One of only a handful of Spanish noirs from the era—most filmmakers played safe with melodrama to survive censorship.
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