{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox film | image = The Absent poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|Ausentes|nolink=yes}} | director = Daniel Calparsoro | producer = Juan Alexander | starring = {{ubl|Ariadna Gil|Jordi Mollà|Nacho Pérez|Omar Muñoz|Mar Sodupe|Alex Brendemühl}} | screenplay = {{ubl|Daniel Calparsoro|Ray Loriga|Elio Quiroga}} | cinematography = Josep M. Civit | editing = Iván Aledo | music = Carlos Jean | released = {{Film date|2005|09|16|df=yes}} | country = Spain | language = Spanish | distributor = Buena Vista International | studio = {{ubl|Estudios Picasso|Star Line Productions}} }} '''''The Absent''''' ({{langx|es|'''Ausentes'''|links=no}}){{Sfn|Davies|2009|p=190}} is a 2005 Spanish psychological thriller film directed by Daniel Calparsoro from a screenplay by Calparsoro, Ray Loriga, and Elio Quiroga which stars Ariadna Gil and Jordi Mollà.
== Plot == A married middle-class couple (Julia and Samuel) moves with their children to a new estate in the city outskirts, with Julia suffering from anxiety upon settling in what turns out to be a deserted place.<ref name="fotogramas" /><ref name="elpda">{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/cultura/2005/09/14/thriller-ausentes-reune-ariadna-gil-48156241.html|website=El Periódico de Aragón|date=14 September 2005|title=El thriller ´Ausentes´ reúne a Ariadna Gil y Jordi Mollá|publisher=Prensa Ibérica}}</ref>
== Cast == {{Cast listing| * Ariadna Gil as Julia<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2005/09/13/cultura/1126622825.html|website=El Mundo|first=Custodio|last=Pastor|date=13 September 2005|title=Terror en el adosado}}</ref> * Jordi Mollà as Samuel{{Sfn|Davies|2009|p=190}} * Nacho Pérez as Félix{{Sfn|Davies|2009|p=190}} * Omar Muñoz as Luis{{Sfn|Davies|2009|p=171}} * {{ill|Mar Sodupe|es}} as María<ref>{{Cite book|title=Daniel Calparsoro|series=Spanish and Latin American Filmmakers|first=Ann|last=Davies|publisher=Manchester University Press|year=2009|location=Manchester|isbn=978-0-7190-7364-9|page=190}}</ref> * Alex Brendemühl<ref name="fotogramas" /> }}
== Production == The film is an Estudios Picasso and Star Line production.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/spain-production-listings-march-2/4022231.article|website=ScreenDaily|date=1 March 2005|title=SPAIN Production Listings - March 2}}</ref> It was shot in the suburbs of Madrid.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/metropoli/2005/09/16/cine/1126821606.html|website=Metrópoli|via=El Mundo|first=J.|last=Estrada|date=14 September 2005|title=Terror entre adosados}}</ref>
== Release == The film was released theatrically in Spain on 16 September 2005.<ref name="fotogramas">{{Cite web|website=Fotogramas|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a7970/ausentes/|date=29 May 2008|title=Ausentes}}</ref>
== Reception == Casimiro Torreiro of ''El País'' considered that the film holds for around a 95% of its footage but, in the remaining 5%, issues pop up and it becomes clear that cheating has occurred, with the whole experience underpinned by a hard-to-swallow plot device.<ref>{{Cite web|website=El País|first=Casimiro|last=Torreiro|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2005/09/16/cine/1126821610_850215.html|title=Hacer trampas|date=15 September 2005}}</ref>
== See also == * List of Spanish films of 2005
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Absent, The}} Category:Telecinco Cinema films Category:2005 psychological thriller films Category:Spanish psychological thriller films Category:2005 Spanish-language films Category:2005 Spanish films Category:Films shot in the Community of Madrid Category:Films directed by Daniel Calparsoro Category:Buena Vista International films