Antonio Mercero - Virtual museum

Antonio Mercero - Virtual museum

La habitación blanca 1999

La habitación blanca is a very simple, almost insignificant tale. A man buys a new television set, the latest model, to satisfy his addiction with the device. The star (Chete Lera) is determined to convince his family that it was a good buy and means moving up in the world. The ensuing dialogue is rather pathetic. After a few times, when switched on, the television shows nothing but a fixed image, a room painted in white. The image starts appearing automatically, periodically, to the point of obsessing the man. Suddenly the screen swallows the protagonist and we see him sitting, naked, inside the box.

Like in La cabina, the ending is not the most important part of La habitación blanca, but the story itself. Some narrations justify any plot. That’s the case of La habitación blanca. For a whole hour, the suspense increases until completely ensnaring the spectator: first of all as a mystery, then as a worry, as a knot that tightens in the throat.

Actors: Chete Lera, Fernando Guillén, José Ramón Argoitia, José Sancho, Nuria Hosta, Toni Sevilla, Txema Blasco

Length: 52 minutes

Newspapers

1999 - "From La cabina to La habitación blanca"

Desconocido

2000 - "Characters: Antonio Mercero"

El País

2000 - "Mercero returns to TVE with a TV movie"

El País

2000 - Opinion: "Parable about television"

Desconocido

2000-02-20 - Antonio Mercero: "I've had the fortune to have popular taste"

Diario16

2000-02-20 - Antonio Mercero: "I've had the fortune to have popular taste"

Diario16

2000-03-15 - "Mercero recovers the spirit of 'La cabina' in his new TV movie"

El Mundo

2000-03-27 - "'TVE recovers the spirit of 'La cabina' with 'La habitación blanca', by Mercero"

ABC

2000-03-28 - Advertising: "A night of suspense with Antonio Mercero"

El Mundo

2000-03-30 - Review: "Mercero"

Desconocido

2000-03-30 - Opinion: "White fear"

Desconocido

2000-03-30 - Opinion: "Mercero, Antonio"

El Mundo