# The Absent

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{{Infobox film
| image = The Absent poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|Ausentes|nolink=yes}}
| director = [Daniel Calparsoro](/source/Daniel_Calparsoro)
| producer = Juan Alexander
| starring = {{ubl|[Ariadna Gil](/source/Ariadna_Gil)|[Jordi Mollà](/source/Jordi_Moll%C3%A0)|Nacho Pérez|Omar Muñoz|Mar Sodupe|[Alex Brendemühl](/source/Alex_Brendem%C3%BChl)}}
| screenplay = {{ubl|Daniel Calparsoro|[Ray Loriga](/source/Ray_Loriga)|Elio Quiroga}}
| cinematography = Josep M. Civit
| editing = Iván Aledo
| music = [Carlos Jean](/source/Carlos_Jean)
| released = {{Film date|2005|09|16|df=yes}}
| country = Spain
| language = Spanish
| distributor = [Buena Vista International](/source/Buena_Vista_International)
| studio = {{ubl|[Estudios Picasso](/source/Telecinco_Cinema)|Star Line Productions}}
}}
'''''The Absent''''' ({{langx|es|'''Ausentes'''|links=no}}){{Sfn|Davies|2009|p=190}} is a 2005 Spanish [psychological thriller](/source/psychological_thriller) film directed by [Daniel Calparsoro](/source/Daniel_Calparsoro) from a screenplay by Calparsoro, [Ray Loriga](/source/Ray_Loriga), and Elio Quiroga which stars [Ariadna Gil](/source/Ariadna_Gil) and [Jordi Mollà](/source/Jordi_Moll%C3%A0).

== Plot ==
A married [middle-class](/source/middle-class) couple (Julia and Samuel) moves with their children to a new estate in the [city outskirts](/source/suburbia), with Julia suffering from [anxiety](/source/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](/source/El_Peri%C3%B3dico_de_Arag%C3%B3n)|date=14 September 2005|title=El thriller ´Ausentes´ reúne a Ariadna Gil y Jordi Mollá|publisher=[Prensa Ibérica](/source/Prensa_Ib%C3%A9rica)}}</ref>

== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|
* [Ariadna Gil](/source/Ariadna_Gil) as Julia<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2005/09/13/cultura/1126622825.html|website=[El Mundo](/source/El_Mundo_(Spain))|first=Custodio|last=Pastor|date=13 September 2005|title=Terror en el adosado}}</ref>
* [Jordi Mollà](/source/Jordi_Moll%C3%A0) 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](/source/Manchester_University_Press)|year=2009|location=Manchester|isbn=978-0-7190-7364-9|page=190}}</ref>
* [Alex Brendemühl](/source/Alex_Brendem%C3%BChl)<ref name="fotogramas" />
}}

== Production ==
The film is an [Estudios Picasso](/source/Estudios_Picasso) and Star Line production.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/spain-production-listings-march-2/4022231.article|website=[ScreenDaily](/source/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](/source/El_Mundo_(Spain))|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](/source/Fotogramas)|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a7970/ausentes/|date=29 May 2008|title=Ausentes}}</ref>

== Reception ==
Casimiro Torreiro of ''[El País](/source/El_Pa%C3%ADs)'' 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](/source/El_Pa%C3%ADs)|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](/source/List_of_Spanish_films_of_2005)

== References ==
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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

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