

Cell 211
To survive inside, he has to become one of them.
The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.
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7.4/10
1,407 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $5.7M
- Box office
- $19.3M
- Language
- English
- suicide
- husband wife relationship
- based on novel or book
- pregnancy
- prison cell
- penitentiary
- prison guard
- flashback
- jail
- eta terrorist group
- walkie talkie
- prison riot
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Produced in
France, Spain
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereWisconsin Film Festival18 Apr 2010
United KingdomGB
- PremiereGlasgow Film Festival18 Feb 2011
- Theatrical1815 Jul 2011
AustraliaAU
- PremiereMA 15+Melbourne International Film Festival26 Jul 2010
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival14 Sept 2009
ArgentinaAR
- PremiereBuenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema14 Apr 2010
- Physical+18DVD14 Jul 2010
BelgiumBE
- PremiereBrussels International Fantastic Film Festival18 Apr 2010
- Theatrical12 May 2010
BrazilBR
- Theatrical166 Nov 2009
- PhysicalDVD22 Sept 2010
FinlandFI
- PremiereHelsinki International Film Festival18 Sept 2010
FranceFR
- PremiereBeauvais Film Festival14 Oct 2009
- Theatrical124 Aug 2010
GermanyDE
- Physical16DVD23 Jul 2010
GreeceGR
- Theatrical21 Jan 2010
Hong KongHK
- PremiereHong Kong International Film Festival24 Mar 2010
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Cell 211 was released on 6 November 2009.
Audience reviews
1- C7/10
CinemaSerf
3/14/2024
Now there are a few rather daft plot holes here, but in the main this is a really strong prison drama anchored well by Luis Tosar and Alberto Ammann. The latter man ("Juan") is on an orientation visit to a high security prison were he is shortly to begin work when a full scale riot breaks out. That is being led by "Malamadre" (Tosar) and it's only by luck - he had had an earlier accident and was recovering in cell 21…
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