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
THE REST DIE.
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 · 2026Your Way IFF
Best Original Screenplay · 2026Project 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.