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2009
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1h 41min

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Eight talented candidates have reached the final stage of selection to join the ranks of a mysterious and powerful corporation. Entering a windowless room, where an armed guard keeps watch, they are given 80 minutes to answer one simple question. [edit]

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Ocho candidatos a un trabajo corporativo muy codiciado son encerrados juntos en una sala de examen y se les hace una prueba final con una sola pregunta, aparentemente sencilla. Sin embargo, ... Leer todoOcho candidatos a un trabajo corporativo muy codiciado son encerrados juntos en una sala de examen y se les hace una prueba final con una sola pregunta, aparentemente sencilla. Sin embargo, no tardan en surgir la confusión y las tensiones.Ocho candidatos a un trabajo corporativo muy codiciado son encerrados juntos en una sala de examen y se les hace una prueba final con una sola pregunta, aparentemente sencilla. Sin embargo, no tardan en surgir la confusión y las tensiones.

Dirección
- Stuart Hazeldine
Guión
- Stuart Hazeldine
- Simon Garrity
Reparto principal

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PUNTUACIÓN EN IMDb

6,7/10

129 mil

TU PUNTUACIÓN

POPULARIDAD

3825

305

Dirección
- Stuart Hazeldine
Guión
- Stuart Hazeldine
- Simon Garrity
Reparto principal

Ver la información de la producción en IMDbPro

Nominado a 1 premio BAFTA
- 2 premios y 2 nominaciones en total

Curiosidades
On 4 September 2012, a stage adaptation of the film opened in Manchester.

Pifias
If the paper had in fact been photo paper the white lights in the room during the previous 20+ minutes would have ruined the image anyway.

Citas
Invigilator: I am the Invigilator. Listen carefully to every word I say. There will be no repetition. I won't apologize for the hardships you've endured reaching this room. The pressures and the pains were necessary. Resilience is a key attribute in these dark times, and if you can't survive our selection process, you won't survive in the job. Many highly qualified candidates have tried to reach this point and failed. You have succeeded, and now the final stage lies before you. One last hurdle separates you from your goal, which is to join our esteemed ranks. The test is simple in comparison, yet it will determine who leaves this room with a contract of employment and who leaves with a bus fare home. Through these trials you've gained some idea of the power of this organization, so believe me when I tell you that there is no law in this room but our law and the only rules in here are our rules. There is one question before you, and one answer is required. If you try to communicate with myself or the guard, you will be disqualified. If you spoil your paper, intentionally or accidentally, you will be disqualified. If you choose to leave this room for any reason, you will be disqualified. Any questions?
[pause]
Invigilator: Best of luck ladies and gentlemen. We're giving the eight of you 80 minutes. 80 minutes for you to convince us you have what it takes to join us. 80 minutes to determine the next 80 years of your lives. Begin.

Créditos adicionales
The opening credits that give out only the name of the actors have numbers 1-9 in ascending order, prefixed before their names.

Conexiones
References Alien, el octavo pasajero (1979)

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Reseña destacada

6/10

Terrific filming, a small-budget conceit, and a plot stretched to the breaking point

Exam (2009)

What a bizarre movie. It's so beautifully filmed, almost virtuosic in its use of focus and close up and light, you almost forget that the plot is a highly contrived package of clever ideas. When you do think about the plot, and the various holes that open up in the logic of it, you are almost forced to enjoy it for the visuals. And for the acting, which has some real high points.

You also marvel at how the entire movie is shot in a single room (with a glimpse of hallway a few times). I suppose you might bow to the film's makers for pulling off so much with so little. The result is intelligent and a little bit suspenseful at its best moments. When it begins it is absolutely fascinating, from the opening scenes establishing the characters to the first laying out of the rules (although there is a drama that reminded me for some reason of "Deal or No Deal" at its tackiest). Then some of the characters break out of the futurist mode and we have normal people vying to win the game, the contest to be hired by the mysterious health products company behind the scenes. (This part will remind everyone of a stylized and a bit false seeming "The Apprentice" even to the point that you might wish for a Donald Trump to appear from behind the dark screen and prod them along.)

By the end, I think most people will either be a bit tired of it all, or mostly incredulous. It pulls out lots of tricks, and we are inevitably a little surprised by the final turns of events. But I'm not sure it lives up to the high standards set at the start. Get sucked in, sure, but be prepared to stick it out with effort.