Los Cronocrimenes

Los Cronocrimenes (English: Timecrimes) is a 2007 Spanish science fiction film, written and directed by Nacho Vigalondo, and starring Karra Elejalde, Bárbara Goenaga and Jon Iciarte.

Hector is moving into a new house. While his wife, Clara, is out buying dinner, Hector sees something in the woods behind the house and goes to investigate. He finds an unconscious, naked woman, and is then attacked by a faceless man in a black coat. Fleeing further into the woods, Hector takes refuge in a seemingly-empty laboratory, and meets the one technician remaining on the premises after-hours. The technician convinces Hector to hide in a machine--as suggested by the film's title, this device turns out to be a Time Machine that sends Hector an hour into the past.

Then, it gets worse.


 * Bandaged Face
 * Brick Joke: After finding out, several key plot points are revealed to be either due to luck, chance or the stupidity of the characters;
 * Future Me Scares Me: Or, more precisely, Future Me with scissors, and  around a forest, causing Present Me to.
 * Genre Blind: Hector is clearly unfamiliar with even the concept of time travel, and seems to regard his past self as a completely separate person.
 * Idiot Ball: Hector is holding one for much of the movie, but it reaches a peak when  As it turns out, the time loop does remain closed, but only because of his own stupidity.
 * The Law of Conservation of Detail: Adhered to thoroughly.
 * Male Gaze: played with; used as a MacGuffin.
 * Minimalist Cast
 * Mood Whiplash:
 * My Future Self and Me
 * The Reveal: a few of them
 * Stable Time Loop: Arguable.
 * Temporal Paradox: Of the "ontological paradox" variety.
 * Tricked-Out Time:
 * You Already Changed the Past: the central premise.
 * You Already Changed the Past: the central premise.