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* TricksterGirlfriend: Mayka Villaverde, the main character's wife, has pulled many pranks on her husband, including jokingly saying "No" at the wedding altar and pretending that she fired him from her company. [[spoiler: It later turned out that she and her husband were not such a loving couple at all when he cheated on her and then poisoned her to get her money.]]
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* FacialHorror: The close-up shot of the mutilated face of Jaime's wife at the morgue.
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* HappyFlashback: We see key shots of Jaime's happy memories of his wife when he identifies her body at the morgue.
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* IdentifyingTheBody: An emotional scene at the morgue where Jaime has to identify the body of his wife who died in the car crash.
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* FacialHorror: The close-up shot of the mutilated face of Jaime's wife at the morgue.
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* LookBothWays: At the end of the DramaticChaseOpening, the security guard bursts out of the forest on to the road. He looks the wrong way along the road and gets hit by a car coming the other direction.
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* LookBothWays: At the end of the DramaticChaseOpening, the security guard bursts out of the forest on to onto the road. He looks the wrong way along the road and gets hit by a car coming the other direction.
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* LoveMakesYouEvil: Invoked. Álex' decision to kill Mayka is a result of him fearing to lose Carla.
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* LoveMakesYouEvil: Invoked. Álex' decision to kill Mayka is a result of him fearing his fear to lose Carla.
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* ShoutOut: There's a scene in which, Álex ascends a staircase, holding a poisoned glass of wine. This scene is lifted from the notorious scene from Hitchcock's ''Film/{{Suspicion}}'', in which, Cary Grant ascends a staircase, holding a glass of milk.
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* ShoutOut: There's a scene in which, which Álex ascends a staircase, holding a poisoned glass of wine. This scene is lifted from the notorious scene from Hitchcock's ''Film/{{Suspicion}}'', ''Film/{{Suspicion}}'' in which, which Cary Grant ascends a staircase, holding a glass of milk.
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* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The film spans over one night until the next morning, roughly 8 hours - [[spoiler:from the time Jaime poisons Álex until the latter goes into cardiac[[note]]see PerfectPoison[[/note]].]] The passage of time is shown by multiple shots of clocks throughout the film.
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* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The film spans over one night until the next morning, roughly 8 hours - [[spoiler:from the time Jaime poisons Álex until the latter goes into cardiac[[note]]see cardiac arrest[[note]]see PerfectPoison[[/note]].]] The passage of time is shown by multiple shots of clocks throughout the film.
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* PerfectPoison: The cardie-toxin TH-16 which Álex used to kill Mayka with. Diluted in blood, it causes a cardiac [[TimeDelayedDeath 8 hours after ingestion]] and leaves no trace.
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* PerfectPoison: The cardie-toxin TH-16 which Álex used to kill Mayka with. Diluted in blood, it causes a cardiac arrest [[TimeDelayedDeath 8 hours after ingestion]] and leaves no trace.
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* VomitIndiscretionShot: When Álex {{Stress Vomit}}s after seeing the wrong Javier Alonso in the body bag, the camera does not turn away.
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* ItWasHereISwear: When Álex wants to show the inspector the body of Javier Alonso at the morgue, the man in the body bag is somebody else.
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* ItWasHereISwear: When Álex wants to show the inspector the body of Javier Alonso at the morgue, the man in the body bag is somebody else. Later, the police check out Álex's story by visiting Carla's apartment but find it empty with no sign anyone has been living there.
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* LookBothWays: At the end of the DramaticChaseOpening, the security guard bursts out of the forest on to the road. He looks the wrong way along the road and gets hit by a car coming the other direction.
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* ThePrankster: Flashbacks show Mayka playing a lot of sick jokes on Álex, even during their wedding ceremony. This makes the idea that she would [[FakingtheDead fake her own death]] quite believable.
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* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: Jaime poisons Álex with the same toxin the latter killed Mayka with.
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* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: Jaime [[spoiler:Jaime]] poisons Álex with the same toxin the latter killed Mayka with.
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* ElevatorGoingDown: Álex and Carla have sex for the first time in the freight elevator going to her apartment.
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* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The film spans over one night until the next morning, roughly 8 hours - [[spoiler:from the time Jaime poisons Álex until the latter goes into cardiac[[note]]see PerfectPoison[[/note]].]]
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Álex spikes his wife Mayka's wine with TH-16: a cardie-toxin that causes a cardiac arrest 8 hours after ingestion. [[spoiler:He later learns that Carla/Eva spiked his own drink with TH-16 just before he left for the morgue: almost 8 hours earlier.]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: While being married to Mayka, Álex starts a TeacherStudentRomance with Carla.
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* DramaticChaseOpening: The film opens with a night guard fleeing from some unknown danger. He ends up run over by a car.
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* WhooshInFrontOfTheCamera: Happens when a security guard patrols the empty hospital at night and suddenly a figure rushes across the screen. Watch the scene [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D_n_9zNL5g here]].
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* WhooshInFrontOfTheCamera: Happens when a security guard patrols the empty hospital at night and suddenly a figure rushes across the screen. Watch the scene [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D_n_9zNL5g here]].
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''The Body'' (Spanish: ''El cuerpo'') is a 2012 Spanish thriller film directed by Oriol Paulo.
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''The Body'' (Spanish: ''El cuerpo'') is a 2012 Spanish [[SpanishFilms Spanish]] thriller film directed by Oriol Paulo.
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* FakingTheDead: One theory of how Mayka could have vanished from the morgue. Or she had [[DeathFakedForYou an assistant]] administering an antidote via ShotToTheHeart.
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* RunawayBride: Subverted. A flashback shows Mayka at the altar saying she doesn't want to marry Álex only to start laughing shortly afterwards, revealing her "cold feet" to be a put on.
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* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: Jaime poisons Álex with the same toxin he killed Mayka with.
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''The Body'' (Spanish: ''El cuerpo'') is a 2012 Spanish thriller film directed by Oriol Paulo.
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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!!This film provides examples of:
* AirVentPassageway: Apparently, the person who took the body from the morgue used the air duct system to enter and leave the hospital. [[spoiler:After TheReveal we know this was a RedHerring set up by the inspector]].
* CompartmentShot: A shot from inside the toilet bowl as Álex picks out the pieces of the torn dinner card to [[EatTheEvidence stuff them into his mouth]].
* DaydreamSurprise: At one point, Álex finds a filled glass of wine at the hospital and a dead-looking Mayka emerges from behind his back. Then we cut to Álex waking up, revealing this scene to be a dream sequence.
* DisconnectedByDeath: Subverted. We see Carla on the phone talking to Álex when a car rushes on. The scene cuts to Álex as his call gets interrupted. [[spoiler:However, we later learn Carla wasn't run over, the incident was a setup to make Álex talk.]]
* DramaticChaseOpening: The film opens with a night guard fleeing from some unknown danger. He ends up run over by a car.
* DramaticThunder: Several times during the night.
* EatTheEvidence: When the toilet doesn't flush Álex is forced to eat the torn pieces of the compromising dinner card left for him at the bathroom.
* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The film spans over one night until the next morning, roughly 8 hours - [[spoiler:from the time Jaime poisons Álex until the latter goes into cardiac[[note]]see PerfectPoison[[/note]].]]
* FakingTheDead: One theory of how Mayka could have vanished from the morgue. Or she had [[DeathFakedForYou an assistant]] administering an antidote via ShotToTheHeart.
* FemmeFatale: Carla.
* GambitRoulette: [[spoiler:Jaime's scheme works out exactly as planned]].
* ItWasHereISwear: When Álex wants to show the inspector the body of Javier Alonso at the morgue, the man in the body bag is somebody else.
* LipstickMark: Subverted. In one of the flashbacks, Mayka stops Álex as she notices something on his neck. Turns out it was a freckle she never noticed before. She might have been lying at this point though.
* TheLostLenore: Jaime's wife who died in the car accident.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Invoked. Álex' decision to kill Mayka is a result of him fearing to lose Carla.
* MirrorScare: In one of the flashbacks Mayka suddenly appears behind one of the lab doors, giving Álex a good scare.
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: The code for one of the hospital's security doors is 20-03-2012, the day Álex met Carla.
* PerfectPoison: The cardie-toxin TH-16 which Álex used to kill Mayka with. Diluted in blood, it causes a cardiac [[TimeDelayedDeath 8 hours after ingestion]] and leaves no trace.
* PhoneyCall: Type B. When answering the phone in front of Jaime, Álex pretends to be speaking to his sister while it's actually Carla on the other end.
* PosthumousCharacter: Mayka's character is developed entirely through flashbacks.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Álex is responsible for the death of Jaime's wife who is also Carla's mother. Carla schemed to make Álex kill Mayka and then Jaime took it on him to [[{{Gaslighting}} gaslight]] and poison Álex.]]
* RunawayBride: Subverted. A flashback shows Mayka at the altar saying she doesn't want to marry Álex only to start laughing shortly afterwards, revealing her "cold feet" to be a put on.
* ShoutOut: There's a scene in which, Álex ascends a staircase, holding a poisoned glass of wine. This scene is lifted from the notorious scene from Hitchcock's ''Film/{{Suspicion}}'', in which, Cary Grant ascends a staircase, holding a glass of milk.
* StressVomit: Álex does this after seeing the wrong Javier Alonso in the body bag.
* SurpriseCarCrash: The car accident that kills Jaime's wife comes unexpectedly.
* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: Jaime poisons Álex with the same toxin he killed Mayka with.
* TeacherStudentRomance: [[spoiler:Invoked]] by Carla.
* TelepathicSprinklers: A fire somewhere in the hospital kicks off all sprinklers in the building.
* TheyreCalledPersonalIssuesForAReason: Álex is so smitten with Carla that he breaks his silence and tells her about his DarkSecret, the hit-and-run car accident he caused. Little does he know that [[spoiler:Carla was in that car witnessing her mother die]].
* WalkAndTalk: Early on, Inspector Peña gets informed about the case at hand by an assistant on their way through the corridors of the hospital the corpse disappeared from.
* YourCheatingHeart: While being married to Mayka, Álex starts a TeacherStudentRomance with Carla.
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''The Body'' (Spanish: ''El cuerpo'') is a 2012 Spanish thriller film directed by Oriol Paulo.
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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!!This film provides examples of:
* AirVentPassageway: Apparently, the person who took the body from the morgue used the air duct system to enter and leave the hospital. [[spoiler:After TheReveal we know this was a RedHerring set up by the inspector]].
* CompartmentShot: A shot from inside the toilet bowl as Álex picks out the pieces of the torn dinner card to [[EatTheEvidence stuff them into his mouth]].
* DaydreamSurprise: At one point, Álex finds a filled glass of wine at the hospital and a dead-looking Mayka emerges from behind his back. Then we cut to Álex waking up, revealing this scene to be a dream sequence.
* DisconnectedByDeath: Subverted. We see Carla on the phone talking to Álex when a car rushes on. The scene cuts to Álex as his call gets interrupted. [[spoiler:However, we later learn Carla wasn't run over, the incident was a setup to make Álex talk.]]
* DramaticChaseOpening: The film opens with a night guard fleeing from some unknown danger. He ends up run over by a car.
* DramaticThunder: Several times during the night.
* EatTheEvidence: When the toilet doesn't flush Álex is forced to eat the torn pieces of the compromising dinner card left for him at the bathroom.
* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The film spans over one night until the next morning, roughly 8 hours - [[spoiler:from the time Jaime poisons Álex until the latter goes into cardiac[[note]]see PerfectPoison[[/note]].]]
* FakingTheDead: One theory of how Mayka could have vanished from the morgue. Or she had [[DeathFakedForYou an assistant]] administering an antidote via ShotToTheHeart.
* FemmeFatale: Carla.
* GambitRoulette: [[spoiler:Jaime's scheme works out exactly as planned]].
* ItWasHereISwear: When Álex wants to show the inspector the body of Javier Alonso at the morgue, the man in the body bag is somebody else.
* LipstickMark: Subverted. In one of the flashbacks, Mayka stops Álex as she notices something on his neck. Turns out it was a freckle she never noticed before. She might have been lying at this point though.
* TheLostLenore: Jaime's wife who died in the car accident.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Invoked. Álex' decision to kill Mayka is a result of him fearing to lose Carla.
* MirrorScare: In one of the flashbacks Mayka suddenly appears behind one of the lab doors, giving Álex a good scare.
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: The code for one of the hospital's security doors is 20-03-2012, the day Álex met Carla.
* PerfectPoison: The cardie-toxin TH-16 which Álex used to kill Mayka with. Diluted in blood, it causes a cardiac [[TimeDelayedDeath 8 hours after ingestion]] and leaves no trace.
* PhoneyCall: Type B. When answering the phone in front of Jaime, Álex pretends to be speaking to his sister while it's actually Carla on the other end.
* PosthumousCharacter: Mayka's character is developed entirely through flashbacks.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Álex is responsible for the death of Jaime's wife who is also Carla's mother. Carla schemed to make Álex kill Mayka and then Jaime took it on him to [[{{Gaslighting}} gaslight]] and poison Álex.]]
* RunawayBride: Subverted. A flashback shows Mayka at the altar saying she doesn't want to marry Álex only to start laughing shortly afterwards, revealing her "cold feet" to be a put on.
* ShoutOut: There's a scene in which, Álex ascends a staircase, holding a poisoned glass of wine. This scene is lifted from the notorious scene from Hitchcock's ''Film/{{Suspicion}}'', in which, Cary Grant ascends a staircase, holding a glass of milk.
* StressVomit: Álex does this after seeing the wrong Javier Alonso in the body bag.
* SurpriseCarCrash: The car accident that kills Jaime's wife comes unexpectedly.
* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: Jaime poisons Álex with the same toxin he killed Mayka with.
* TeacherStudentRomance: [[spoiler:Invoked]] by Carla.
* TelepathicSprinklers: A fire somewhere in the hospital kicks off all sprinklers in the building.
* TheyreCalledPersonalIssuesForAReason: Álex is so smitten with Carla that he breaks his silence and tells her about his DarkSecret, the hit-and-run car accident he caused. Little does he know that [[spoiler:Carla was in that car witnessing her mother die]].
* WalkAndTalk: Early on, Inspector Peña gets informed about the case at hand by an assistant on their way through the corridors of the hospital the corpse disappeared from.
* YourCheatingHeart: While being married to Mayka, Álex starts a TeacherStudentRomance with Carla.
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