Fausto 5.0 is a 2001 Spanish psychological thriller film directed by ÃÂlex Ollé, Carlos Padrissa and Isidro Ortiz from a screenplay by Fernando León de Aranoa. It stars Miguel ÃÂngel Solá, Eduard Fernández, and Najwa Nimri.
Fausto 5.0 is the last part of a trilogy dedicated to the figure of Faust. The first two installments were F@ust 3.0 (originally a play) and The Damnation of Faust (originally an opera). All three films were developed for the screen by La Fura dels Baus, an experimental theatre group from Barcelona.
The plot takes place in Barcelona. A doctor â Fausto â on the verge of a nervous breakdown, meets a former patient â Santos Vella â who promises to grant his every wish. Reality starts dissolving and Fausto begins to lose control.