Living with his mother, helping his friends set up their businesses, looking for a place to live for him and his girlfriend, running a small clothes boutique ' these are just a few of the many monotonous acts that make up a normal day for Abel.  He is an average guy, dealing with people, whether they be his girlfriend or his staff, with equal antipathy. A veneer of superficial politeness keeps him isolated from both the people in his life and the world in which he lives. Under this mundane exterior lies the propensity for random and savage acts.

Using a directorial style reminiscent of Kieslowski's A Short Film About Killing, first-time director Rosales makes no attempt to force a reasoning for the murders upon the audience, instead he portrays Abel and his actions with chilling realism whilst still managing to avoiding getting stuck down the usual cul-de-sacs of both sensationalism and explicitly graphic violence.

(Rosales) uses very subtle ways of cinematic expression in order to observe the behaviour of a mediocre man whose only distinguishing feature is that he kills. -

International Critics' Prize, Cannes 2003