B, la película (2015)

Original title

B

Directed by

David Ilundain Areso

Genre

drama film, biographical film, crime film

Country

Spain

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This legal drama recreates a real interrogation in a Spanish courtroom. A corrupt political party treasurer faces questioning from a judge about a secret slush fund.

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What happens

B, la película (English: "B, the film") is a 2015 Spanish legal drama film directed by David Ilundain. The screenplay is based on the stage work Ruz-Bárcenas by Jordi Casanovas, a transcription of testimony given 15 July 2013 by Luis Bárcenas, former treasurer of the Partido Popular, to Pablo Ruz, one of the judges of Spain's central criminal court, the Audiencia Nacional. Bárcenas was facing charges of corruption, and the title of the film refers to the Spanish term Caja B, meaning parallel accounting or slush fund. The main characters are interpreted in the film by Pedro Casablanc and Manolo Solo. It is a courtroom drama based on actual events, even though its screenplay is so faithful to reality, that it could be considered more as a documentary source rather than fiction. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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