Common Dead () is a 2004 Spanish police thriller film directed by Norberto Ramos del Val (in his directorial debut) and written by Javier Félix Echániz. It stars Javier Albalá and Ernesto Alterio.
Plot In 1973 Pamplona, cops Eusebio Luquin and Fermín Goyoaga investigate the brutal rape and murder of a young cleaning woman in the military barracks.
Cast
Production The film is a Karbo Vantas Entertainment, Castelao Prods, and Elemental Films production, and it had the association of Canal+, and EiTB. Shooting locations included Navarre and Guadalajara.
Release Common Dead screened at the Málaga Film Festival. Distributed by Filmax, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 28 May 2004.
Reception Jonathan Holland of Variety considered the film to be "an above-average thriller which becomes a below-average thriller in its final half-hour", otherwise boasting a "gritty charm and sense of purpose often lacking in Spanish thrillers".
A. B. of El Mundo gave the film a 2-star rating, writing that while "sparking interest in its first part", it eventually "succumbs to the weakness of a script that resorts to clichés".
See also List of Spanish films of 2004
References
External links Common Dead at ICAA's Catálogo de Cinespañol