The Body

2012 107 min ★ 7.5 Thriller, Mystery

A woman’s body disappears mysteriously from the morgue without a trace. Police inspector Jaime Peña investigates the strange occurrence with the help of Álex Ulloa, the widower of the missing woman.

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Cast

Jose Coronado

Jaime Peña

Hugo Silva

Álex Ulloa

Belén Rueda

Mayka Villaverde

Aura Garrido

Carla

Cristina Plazas

Dra. Tapia

Montse Guallar

Gloria Villaverde

Nausicaa Bonnín

Patricia

Miquel Gelabert

Vigilante Ángel Torres

Oriol Vila

Agente Mateos

Carlota Olcina

Erica Ulloa

Details

Director

Oriol Paulo

Tagline

"Death is not always the end."

Status

Released

Original Language

ES

Production

Rodar y Rodar, Canal+ España, TV3, Atresmedia, DeAPlaneta

Reviews

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Reno

September 24, 2015

★ 8/10

> What if your plan is a small part of someone's big. I wanted this film since it was out, only now I managed to see it. I haven't seen so many Spanish films as I did for French and German. I don't want to get disappointed, so I'm choosy and that is how it got delayed. That is the another reason why you don't see my low rated ('bad' and 'ignore' in my verdict) movie reviews. I don't want to was...

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CinemaSerf

June 14, 2025

★ 7/10

“Mayka” (Belén Rueda) is a wealthy woman with a toy-boy chemist for an husband “Álex” (Hugo Silva) and it’s not really the happiest of arrangements. She regularly baits him and threatens him with a divorce that would render him poverty-stricken. Then, suddenly, she has an heart attack and ends up on a mortuary slab - but not for long. Before they can carry out an autopsy, she’s gone awol. Policema...