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The Body (2012)
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The Body (Spanish: El cuerpo) is a 2012 Spanish thriller film directed by Oriol Paulo.A woman’s body disappears mysteriously from the morgue without a trace. Police inspector Jaime Peña investigates the strange occurrence with the help of Álex Ulloa, the widower of the missing woman. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_118a41d5 | type |
Daydream Surprise | |
| The Body (2012) / int_118a41d5 | comment |
Daydream Surprise: At one point, Álex finds a filled glass of wine at the hospital and a dead-looking Mayka emerges from behind his back. Then we cut to Álex waking up, revealing this scene to be a dream sequence. | |
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Whoosh in Front of the Camera | |
| The Body (2012) / int_1290b446 | comment |
Whoosh in Front of the Camera: Happens when a security guard patrols the empty hospital at night and suddenly a figure rushes across the screen. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_12b6fe15 | type |
Walk and Talk | |
| The Body (2012) / int_12b6fe15 | comment |
Walk and Talk: Early on, Inspector Peña gets informed about the case at hand by an assistant on their way through the corridors of the hospital the corpse disappeared from. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_12b796e | type |
Phoney Call | |
| The Body (2012) / int_12b796e | comment |
Phoney Call: Type B. When answering the phone in front of Jaime, Álex pretends to be speaking to his sister while it's actually Carla on the other end. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_2317bc85 | type |
Tampering with Food and Drink | |
| The Body (2012) / int_2317bc85 | comment |
Tampering with Food and Drink: Álex spikes his wife Mayka's wine with TH-16: a cardie-toxin that causes a cardiac arrest 8 hours after ingestion. He later learns that Carla/Eva spiked his own drink with TH-16 just before he left for the morgue: almost 8 hours earlier. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_281de59f | type |
Extremely Short Timespan | |
| The Body (2012) / int_281de59f | comment |
Extremely Short Timespan: The film spans over one night until the next morning, roughly 8 hours - from the time Jaime poisons Álex until the latter goes into cardiac arrestnote see Perfect Poison. The passage of time is shown by multiple shots of clocks throughout the film. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_32e05e5e | type |
The Prankster | |
| The Body (2012) / int_32e05e5e | comment |
The Prankster: Flashbacks show Mayka playing a lot of sick jokes on Álex, even during their wedding ceremony. This makes the idea that she would fake her own death quite believable. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_3a234e46 | type |
Runaway Bride | |
| The Body (2012) / int_3a234e46 | comment |
Runaway Bride: Subverted. A flashback shows Mayka at the altar announcing she doesn't want to marry Álex only to start laughing shortly afterwards, revealing her "cold feet" to be a put on. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_3d5547b0 | type |
Perfect Poison | |
| The Body (2012) / int_3d5547b0 | comment |
Perfect Poison: The cardie-toxin TH-16 which Álex used to kill Mayka with. Diluted in blood, it causes a cardiac arrest 8 hours after ingestion and leaves no trace. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_421c9529 | type |
Elevator Going Down | |
| The Body (2012) / int_421c9529 | comment |
Elevator Going Down: Álex and Carla have sex for the first time in the freight elevator going to her apartment. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_47b21ca6 | type |
Stress Vomit | |
| The Body (2012) / int_47b21ca6 | comment |
Stress Vomit: Álex does this after seeing the wrong Javier Alonso in the body bag. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_5358a6f3 | type |
They're Called "Personal Issues" for a Reason | |
| The Body (2012) / int_5358a6f3 | comment |
They're Called "Personal Issues" for a Reason: Álex is so smitten with Carla that he breaks his silence and tells her about his Dark Secret, the hit-and-run car accident he caused. Little does he know that Carla was in that car witnessing her mother die. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_58bf7895 | type |
Eat the Evidence | |
| The Body (2012) / int_58bf7895 | comment |
Eat the Evidence: When the toilet doesn't flush Álex is forced to eat the torn pieces of the compromising dinner card left for him at the bathroom. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_5b19cc1b | type |
Air-Vent Passageway | |
| The Body (2012) / int_5b19cc1b | comment |
Air-Vent Passageway: Apparently, the person who took the body from the morgue used the air duct system to enter and leave the hospital. After The Reveal we know this was a Red Herring set up by the inspector. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_6654b17b | type |
Facial Horror | |
| The Body (2012) / int_6654b17b | comment |
Facial Horror: The close-up shot of the mutilated face of Jaime's wife after the car accident. | |
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Telepathic Sprinklers | |
| The Body (2012) / int_66e2f579 | comment |
Telepathic Sprinklers: A fire somewhere in the hospital kicks off all sprinklers in the building. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_6b00879d | type |
Disconnected by Death | |
| The Body (2012) / int_6b00879d | comment |
Disconnected by Death: Subverted. We see Carla on the phone talking to Álex when a car rushes on. The scene cuts to Álex as his call gets interrupted. However, we later learn Carla wasn't run over, the incident was a setup to make Álex talk. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_6b2b3b59 | type |
The Reveal | |
| The Body (2012) / int_6b2b3b59 | comment |
The Reveal: Álex is responsible for the death of Jaime's wife who is also Carla's mother. Carla schemed to make Álex kill Mayka and then Jaime took it on him to gaslight and poison Álex. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_6d892421 | type |
Teacher/Student Romance | |
| The Body (2012) / int_6d892421 | comment |
Teacher/Student Romance: Invoked by Carla. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_84764598 | type |
Dramatic Thunder | |
| The Body (2012) / int_84764598 | comment |
Dramatic Thunder: Several times during the night. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_8b568cb7 | type |
Posthumous Character | |
| The Body (2012) / int_8b568cb7 | comment |
Posthumous Character: Mayka's character is developed entirely through flashbacks. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_8b5df221 | type |
Surprise Car Crash | |
| The Body (2012) / int_8b5df221 | comment |
Surprise Car Crash: The car accident that kills Jaime's wife comes unexpectedly. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_90b66e22 | type |
Femme Fatale | |
| The Body (2012) / int_90b66e22 | comment |
Femme Fatale: Carla. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_94e4b975 | type |
Vomit Indiscretion Shot | |
| The Body (2012) / int_94e4b975 | comment |
Vomit Indiscretion Shot: When Álex Stress Vomits after seeing the wrong Javier Alonso in the body bag, the camera does not turn away. | |
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Gambit Roulette | |
| The Body (2012) / int_987be393 | comment |
Gambit Roulette: Jaime's scheme works out exactly as planned. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_a3509d95 | type |
The Password Is Always "Swordfish" | |
| The Body (2012) / int_a3509d95 | comment |
The Password Is Always "Swordfish": The code for one of the hospital's security doors is 20-03-2012, the day Álex met Carla. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_aa0ed8a9 | type |
Look Both Ways | |
| The Body (2012) / int_aa0ed8a9 | comment |
Look Both Ways: At the end of the Dramatic Chase Opening, the security guard bursts out of the forest onto the road. He looks the wrong way along the road and gets hit by a car coming the other direction. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_b2d848af | type |
Lipstick Mark | |
| The Body (2012) / int_b2d848af | comment |
Lipstick Mark: Subverted. In one of the flashbacks, Mayka stops Álex as she notices something on his neck. Turns out it was a freckle she never noticed before. She might have been lying at this point though. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_bc1faa80 | type |
Mirror Scare | |
| The Body (2012) / int_bc1faa80 | comment |
Mirror Scare: In one of the flashbacks Mayka suddenly appears behind one of the lab doors, giving Álex a good scare. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_c2339e22 | type |
Identifying the Body | |
| The Body (2012) / int_c2339e22 | comment |
Identifying the Body: An emotional scene at the morgue where Jaime has to identify the body of his wife who died in the car crash. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_c24c1556 | type |
Dramatic Chase Opening | |
| The Body (2012) / int_c24c1556 | comment |
Dramatic Chase Opening: The film opens with a nightguard fleeing from some unknown danger. He ends up run over by a car. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
| The Body (2012) / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: There's a scene in which Álex ascends a staircase, holding a poisoned glass of wine. This scene is lifted from the notorious scene from Hitchcock's Suspicion in which Cary Grant ascends a staircase, holding a glass of milk. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_dcd115e7 | type |
Compartment Shot | |
| The Body (2012) / int_dcd115e7 | comment |
Compartment Shot: A shot from inside the toilet bowl as Álex picks out the pieces of the torn dinner card to stuff them into his mouth. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_defd0c58 | type |
A Taste of Their Own Medicine | |
| The Body (2012) / int_defd0c58 | comment |
A Taste of Their Own Medicine: Jaime poisons Álex with the same toxin the latter killed Mayka with. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_e9269f72 | type |
It Was Here, I Swear! | |
| The Body (2012) / int_e9269f72 | comment |
It Was Here, I Swear!: When Álex wants to show the inspector the body of Javier Alonso at the morgue, the man in the body bag is somebody else. Later, the police check out Álex's story by visiting Carla's apartment but find it empty with no sign anyone has been living there. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_f0c4ce7d | type |
The Lost Lenore | |
| The Body (2012) / int_f0c4ce7d | comment |
The Lost Lenore: Jaime's wife who died in the car accident. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_f788b2c5 | type |
Love Makes You Evil | |
| The Body (2012) / int_f788b2c5 | comment |
Love Makes You Evil: Invoked. Álex' decision to kill Mayka is a result of his fear to lose Carla. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_f8e1ddb6 | type |
Trickster Girlfriend | |
| The Body (2012) / int_f8e1ddb6 | comment |
Trickster Girlfriend: Mayka Villaverde, the main character's wife, has pulled many pranks on her husband, including jokingly saying "No" at the wedding altar and pretending that she fired him from her company. It later turned out that she and her husband were not such a loving couple at all when he cheated on her and then poisoned her to get her money. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_f9876f7e | type |
Faking the Dead | |
| The Body (2012) / int_f9876f7e | comment |
Faking the Dead: One theory of how Mayka could have vanished from the morgue. Or she had an assistant administering an antidote via Shot to the Heart. | |
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| The Body (2012) / int_fadf1efc | type |
Happy Flashback | |
| The Body (2012) / int_fadf1efc | comment |
Happy Flashback: We see key shots of Jaime's happy memories of his wife when he identifies her body at the morgue. | |
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