Cell 211
(Celda 211)
Daniel Monzón / France, Spain / 2009 / 113 min
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About the Director
Before working as a director, Daniel Monzón was a film journalist and critic in newspapers and the radio. He also worked for Spanish public television as assistant director in the program Días de cine. He started to work as a screenwriter together with Gerardo Herrero, who asked him to write the film Desvío al paraíso with Santiago Tabernero (1994). In 2000 he directed his first film, Heart of the Warrior, for which he was nominated for a Goya award in the new director category. Then he directed The Biggest Robbery Never Told (2002) and The Kovak Box (2007), In 2009 he won eight Goya awards for his film Cell 211.