Víctor presses his ear to the motel wall, listening in fear.

Psychological Thriller · Feature Film

THE EXECUTIONER'S
ROOM

Seven condemned. Only one will survive.

Logline

After a devastating divorce leaves him without a home, a job or the will to go on, Víctor is living alone in a run-down roadside motel. One night, a mysterious caller forces him into a macabre test: seven strangers, each accused of escaping punishment for a terrible act, are waiting on the other side of the wall. Víctor must decide who lives and who dies — but he can save only one, and leaving the room will condemn them all.

The two rules

01 SAVE ONE.
THE REST DIE.
02 LEAVE THE ROOM.
THEY ALL DIE.

The story

Víctor wakes in his motel room to the sound of the telephone. A calm voice claims that seven people are being held on the other side of the wall, each accused of a terrible act that went unpunished. Víctor has no way of knowing whether any of it is true.

He must listen to them one by one and decide, against the clock, who deserves to live. He can save only one. He cannot leave the room. And every decision brings him closer to a final voice he knows far too well.

Director's vision

A contained, real-time psychological thriller built around performance, sound and irreversible moral pressure. Violence remains almost entirely off-screen: suspense grows from distorted calls, muffled cries, impacts, silence and what the audience imagines beyond the wall.

The room gradually becomes a mental landscape of guilt, justice and grief. Desaturated ochres, rusted blues and deepening shadows follow Víctor's collapse as the camera stays close, trapped with him.

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CONCEPT POSTER

Recognition

Liberty Films Festival

Best Screenplay · 2026

Your Way IFF

Best Original Screenplay · 2026

Project status

Feature screenplay complete and registered. Seeking a production company and co-production partners to develop the project with Javier L. Teso as writer and director.

MATERIALS

Screenplay and pitch deck available on request.

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