La verdad sobre el caso del señor Valdemar

September. 06,2009

Rating：

5.5

Genre：

Horror

Keywords：

Edgar Allan Poe

Trailer Synopsis Cast

1873, Quito, Ecuador. One of the most recognized psychiatrists of the city, Mr. Romero, is experimenting new hypnosis techniques as a healing tool with his patients, finding out that hypnosis has never been tested in a dying human being. Romero wonders if this technique could stop or delay death in dying patients. Valdemar, a Brazilian diplomatic who suffers tuberculosis, is willing to collaborate with Romero and agrees to be hypnotized the night he is supposed to die. The experiment will have dramatic consequences, Romero will be accused of Satanism and sentenced to death by the Ecuadorian president. His only chance of survival, is to persuade the presidents' secretary that he is innocent. He has only one chance to tell the truth.

Pablo Aguirre Andrade as

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Reviews

Beanbioca

2009/09/06

As Good As It Gets

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StyleSk8r

2009/09/07

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

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Anoushka Slater

2009/09/08

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

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Juana

2009/09/09

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

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