Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Claudio Carvalho In 1984, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, the boy Jacobo witnesses his mother killing his father, the artist Mateo (Luis Tosar), with a shotgun when the local cathedral sounded thirteen tolls. Eighteen years later, the also artist Jacobo (Juan Diego Botto) returns to his hometown from Buenos Aires answering the call of his childhood friend Maria (Marta Etura) to visit his schizophrenic mother that has been sentenced to a psychiatric hospital for killing her husband. Jacobo believed his mother had died years ago, and he is under medication due to frequent clangs of bell that he hears. Jacobo is advised by his mother to leave the town, and sooner he is haunted by Mateo that wants him to finish his work for the local cathedral."Trece Campanadas" is an underrated psychological / supernatural thriller. The story is well constructed and resolved in spite of I have partially guessed the mystery in the middle of the movie; therefore, the director Xavier Villaverde and the writers have successfully accomplished their objective of making a good movie. The unknown (at least for me) Juan Diego Botto and Marta Etura have great performances and show a perfect chemistry and Luis Tosar gives another efficient work. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "13 Badaladas" ("13 Tolls")

tonyp3101 Does anyone have any idea why this was rated nc-17? I saw nothing that would put it anywhere close to a "hard R", much less a more adult rating. Once again, the ratings board throws a curve to anyone interested in movies with more controversial/graphic/racy content, as this one shows none of that at all. Could it be that it was edited out after the nc-17 was awarded? If so, this makes no sense---why would you release the movie as an unrated edition and cleave out the content that made it an nc-17? A question better plied to the distributors, perhaps... Despite my questions, I really enjoyed the movie. Not a totally novel premise, but well produced and acted.Also--IMDb needs to fix their software, typing nc-17 in all caps is correct, not shouting!

jotix100 Jacobo returns to the city of Santiago de Compostela, in Galicia, Northern Spain, after an absence of some years. His father, a sculptor had been killed by his schizophrenic mother, Carmen, who is now in an institution. Soon Jacobo begins feeling the presence of his dead father in the form of a ghost that seems to haunt him.The young man rekindles the friendship with the beautiful Maria, who he now sees as a different person and he begins to see her under a new light. The problem is that Jacobo can't get away from the horrors he feels by the spirit of his dead father and the horrible conditions under which his mother is living at the present.The basic problem with this film is the screen play and the way its director Xavier Villaverde deals with the story. The film, at first, seems like a horror story, but is it really? It appears to be a nightmare living in Jacobo's mind that he can't liberate himself. The city of Santiago takes center stage as it's added to the story like another character. Moments of great intensity alternate with others in which the action disappears, thus creating an uneven film.Juan Diego Botto does an excellent job as Jacobo, the torn young man who is at odds with his past and his present. Luis Tosar plays the dead father with great style. Elvira Minguez is seen as the sick mother, Carmen. Marta Etura appears as Maria, the woman who loves Jacobo.

niz This tale of a young sculptor haunted by the malicious ghost of his dead father takes its time to get going, but once it does it becomes an interesting, watchable tale with a nice satisfying conclusion. It cleverly keeps the audience guessing about whether the ghost is real or the result of schizophrenia, and has some great looking locations. Its all a little low-key but is definitely worth a look.