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Cell 211
MEANRANK
81/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #521
- IMDb #906
- Rotten Tomatoes #274
- Letterboxd #1250
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #136
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #817
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Mostly agreed
Lowest is Letterboxd on 75, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 98. Critics average 98, everyone else 78.
See the most agreed on films →A young prison guard is on a tour of his new workplace a day before his official start date when a violent riot erupts. Trapped inside, he pretends to be an inmate to survive. He gains the trust of the riot's ruthless leader, forcing him to participate in the prisoners' negotiations and brutal actions to maintain his cover, blurring his own morality.
Details
- Director
- Daniel Monzón
- Writers
- Daniel Monzón, Jorge Guerricaechevarría
- Based on
- Cell 211 by Francisco Pérez Gandul
- Studio
- Vaca Films, La Fabrique 2, Morena Films, Telecinco Cinema
- Released
- 6 November 2009
- Country
- France, Spain
- Language
- Spanish, Basque, English
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Budget
- $5.7M
- Box office
- $19.3M
- Awards
- 11 wins, 10 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 21 →8 major awards won · 11 wins from 21 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| Goya Awards 2010 | Best Film | Winner | |
| Goya Awards 2010 | Best Director | Daniel Monzón | Winner |
| Goya Awards 2010 | Best Actor | Luis Tosar | Winner |
| Goya Awards 2010 | Best Supporting Actress | Marta Etura | Winner |
| Goya Awards 2010 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Jorge Guerricaechevarría, Daniel Monzón | Winner |
| Goya Awards 2010 | Best New Actor | Alberto Ammann | Winner |
| Goya Awards 2010 | Best Editing | Mapa Pastor | Winner |
| Goya Awards 2010 | Best Sound | Sergio Burmann, Jaime Fernández, Carlos Faruolo | Winner |
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21 awards — Cell 211
×| Best Actor | Luis Tosar | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Jorge Guerricaechevarría, Daniel Monzón | Winner |
| Best Director | Daniel Monzón | Winner |
| Best Editing | Mapa Pastor | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner | |
| Best New Actor | Alberto Ammann | Winner |
| Best Sound | Sergio Burmann, Jaime Fernández, Carlos Faruolo | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Marta Etura | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | Antón Laguna | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Carles Gusi | Nominee |
| Best Makeup and Hairstyles | Raquel Fidalgo, Inés Rodríguez | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Roque Baños | Nominee |
| Best Production Supervision | Alicia Tellería | Nominee |
| Best Special Effects | Raúl Romanillos, Guillermo Orbe | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Carlos Bardem | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Antonio Resines | Nominee |
| Best Film Actor in a Leading Role | Luis Tosar | Winner |
| Best Film Actor in a Secondary Role | Carlos Bardem | Winner |
| Best New Actor | Alberto Ammann | Winner |
| Best Film Actor in a Minor Role | Luis Zahera | Nominee |
| Best Film Actress in a Minor Role | Marta Etura | Nominee |