#The invisible guest full#

Once you've seen it, you'll probably give it a nudge yourself.

Because this is a Spanish film, it's not surprising that it wasn't on many viewers' radar when it was released in 2016, but with a wider audience and kudos offered by IMDb viewers, it now makes the Top 250 list, and similar to Korean Oscar Winner 'Parasite', I wouldn't be surprised if the film continues an upward climb in the viewer ratings. I don't want to give it away, because the thrill is in the viewing and trying to figure out where the picture is going. Hidden motives and questionable conduct come into play, and it can get a little hard to follow, but when the twist ending occurs, you realize than any of the alternate theories put forth by Adrian and Goodman become moot. When it starts out one can follow the story easily enough, but when retired legal counselor Virginia Goodman (Ana Wagener) arrives to prepare him for his defense testimony, a number of scenarios are presented to the viewer that are designed to question what, if anything is true.

#The invisible guest full#

She senses that he is not providing the full picture and questions him on the background to the murder, in particular an incident that occurred to the two of them a few months earlier. He hires a top-rate lawyer to defend him. This was a cleverly written murder mystery that gets better with each new revelation by the accused, Adrian Doria (Mario Casas). Who was the invisible guest Nick Riganas A successful young businessman is accused of murdering his girlfriend. Reviewed by classicsoncall 10 / 10 'There'll be no salvation without suffering, and you're not smarter than I am.' At the same time that Félix is looking for a clue that it could change the course of the events, Virginia and Adrián keep talking about the case but her, unconvinced of the Adrián's testimony, forces him to clear the dark points of his history, in a puzzle where the truth and the lie are easily exchangeable.

Arrested by the police in a mountain hotel room with the corpse of his lover at his side, photographer Laura Vidal, Adrián talks Virginia about the crime and his relationship with Laura, revealing that both suffered a car crash where a man called Daniel Garrido died, and how Laura manipulated Adrián to avoid the jail by Daniel's death. Adrián Doria, a wealthy businessman named Man of the Year due to his high-tech company and his trade agreements with the Asian market, meets Virginia Goodman, a veteran lawyer expert in witness preparation and judicial declaration, recommended by Adrián's lawyer Felix Leiva in order to create a credible defense.