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Film · 2017

The Mobile

Original titleEl autor

Directed by Manuel Martín Cuenca · starring Javier Gutiérrez, María León and Adelfa Calvo

  • 1 h 52 min
  • Suspense · Crime · Thriller
  • SpainMexico
  • 6.2 Users17 votes
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Synopsis

Álvaro (Javier Gutiérrez) separates from his wife, Amanda (Maria León), an exultant writer of bestsellers, and decides to face his dream: to write a great novel. But Alvaro is incapable; everything he writes is fake and tasteless. Guided by his writing teacher (Antonio de la Torre), he investigates the pillars of the novel, until one day he discovers that fiction is written with reality. Alvaro begins to manipulate his neighbors and friendships to create a story, a real story that surpasses the fiction. The film recreates the internal conflicts of a budding novelist who, obsessed with writing, will turn his closest reality into fiction. Alvaro You will start a path of no return that will lead you to manipulate those around you.

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Availability checked on 8 November 2026.

The essentials

Runtime
112 min1 hour and 52 minutes
Budget
€2.3mIcónica Producciones
Box office
€441,7950.2 times its budget
How long is The Mobile?
1 hour and 52 minutes (112 minutes).
Who directed The Mobile?
Manuel Martín Cuenca.
Who is in The Mobile?
It stars Javier Gutiérrez, María León, Adelfa Calvo and Adriana Paz.
Where can I watch The Mobile?
In the UK it is available with a subscription on Netflix.
How much did The Mobile make?
It took €441,795 in Spain. It cost €2.3 million.
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Cast

Full cast (19)
Director
Manuel Martín Cuenca
Writers
Alejandro Hernández, Manuel Martín Cuenca
Producers
Ernesto Chao, Manuel Martín Cuenca, Gonzalo Salazar-Simpson

Photos and posters

All 9 photos

Reviews

All 4 reviews
6.2 17 votes
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What the critics say

  • La RazónCarlos Pumares The director's wisdom built a good product with rythm and the clever objetive the bad one like people. Read
  • El PaísCarlos Boyero It keeps the attention for hours with the actions of the screen. You can go inside the story they are telling, surprise you with the changes so clever and makes me laugh Read
  • ABCOti Rodríguez The mixture of perversion, manipulation, blackness and joke in screemplay is perfect, without defect, and it works dazzlingly from the beginning to the end. Read

Box office

Weekend by weekend
  • Budget €2.3m
  • Spain €441,795

Awards

All the awards

Soundtrack

All 4 songs
  1. Algunas vecesJosé Luis Perales
  2. La vidaJosé Luis Perales
  3. Mi amante amigoManuel Alejandro, Ana Magdalena
  4. Se me enamora el almaAdelfa Calvo Spotify

Trivia

  • filming

    The filming of 'El autor' took place in different locations in Seville.

  • Awards

    'El autor', by Martín Cuenca, is awarded by the International Federation of Cinematographic Press with the FIPRESCI Prize.

  • 'El móvil'

    The work of Martín Cuenca, 'El autor', is based on 'El móvil', the first Javier Cercas novel published in 1987 in a collection of five short stories.

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