The Motive
Álvaro, a man obsessed with the idea of writing what he brands as “high literature,” manipulates the lives and feelings of the people around him to write about the consequences caused by his devious acts.
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Cast
36 people
Javier Gutiérrez
Álvaro
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María León
Amanda
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Adelfa Calvo
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Adriana Paz
Irene
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Tenoch Huerta Mejía
Enrique
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
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Antonio de la Torre
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Cris Nollet
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Rafael Téllez
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Presenter
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José Carlos Carmona
Jesús
Alberto González
Don Alfonso
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Poniente
Craig Stevenson
Craig McCallan (Conferenciante)
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Vampire Academy
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Manuel Martín Cuenca Director · Alejandro Hernández Screenplay Javier Cercas Author
Budget $2.7M · First release September 22, 2017 · Produced in Mexico, Spain
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Budget
$2,691,410
Production
LAZONA
Production
Alebrije Producciones
Production
Canal Sur
Production
La Loma Blanca
Production
TVE
Production
Icónica
Production
Canal Sur Televisión
Production
Icónica Producciones
Production
Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales
Production
La Loma Blanca Producciones Cinematográficas
Production
Lazona Producciones
Production
Lazonafilms
Production
RTVE
Production
Mexico · Spain
Produced in
El móvil
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Languages
Original title
El autor
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
Spain · September 22, 2017
Premiere · Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival
Spain · November 17, 2017
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Brazil
August 17, 2018 · Digital
Lithuania
March 15, 2018 · Premiere · International Film Festival Vilnius
Romania
November 17, 2017 · Theatrical
Switzerland
September 30, 2017 · Digital
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