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SPANISH MOVIES AT THE 52nd
FESTIVAL
HORAS DE LUZ WILL COMPETE FOR THE GOLDEN SHELL
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Spanish films in the official competition of the 52nd San Sebastian
International Film Festival will be represented by Manolo Matji’s
Horas de Luz. Three coproductions with Latin America will complete
the presence of Spanish cinema in the Official Section.
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HORAS
DE LUZ, Manolo Matji. Spain. Cast: Emma Suárez, Alberto
San Juan. |
| Juan José
Garfia and Marimar meet in 1991. He is condemned to more
than a hundred years and she works as a nurse in the prison
where he is serving his sentence. Together they start a
love story despite the opposition of their friends on both
sides of the bars. Thanks to Marimar, Garfia learns how
to say he's sorry. But the three murders he committed in
1987 bear heavily on his life and inexorably bring him into
confrontation with society. Can light emerge from the darkest
of darknesses? |
The following co-productions will also be present in the Official
Section:
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BOMBON-EL
PERRO, Carlos Sorín. Argentina-Spain. Cast: Juan
Villegas. |
| Carlos Sorín
continues to explore Patagonia not only geographically,
but from inside his characters. In this case he focuses
on a jobless, solitary man and a dog which, without realising
it, will become not only his friend, but his hope for a
better life. Fourth work by the director who won the Special
Jury Prize in 2002 with Historias Mínimas. |
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ROMA.
Adolfo Aristarain. Spain-Argentina. Cast: Juan Diego Botto,
José Sacristán, Susú Pecoraro. |
| Aristarain once
again works with José Sacristán and Juan Diego
Botto in a movie focussing on the memory. Based on the relationship
between an Argentine writer exiled in Spain and the youngster
helping him to write his biography, he portrays the Argentina
of the 50s, 60s and 70, featuring the predominant figure
of Roma, the writer’s mother. Latest work by the winner
of the Golden Shell in 1992 with Un lugar en el mundo (A
Place in the World). |
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SUMAS
Y RESTAS. Víctor Gaviria. Colombia-Spain. Cast: Juan
Carlos Uribe, María Isabel Gaviria, Fredy York Monsalve.
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| People of a certain
social position in Colombia, brought together by the cocaine
trafficking business, hounded by suspicion, jealousy and
betrayal, are drawn into a spiral of violence no-one can
stop. The director of the impressive La vendedora de rosas
(The Rose Seller), surprises us once again with his new
movie, portraying the lesser known aspect of the drug trade
in today’s Colombia. |
ZABALTEGI - NEW DIRECTORS
One Spanish movie and one co-production with Argentina
will compete for the Altadis-New Directors Award.
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FRÍO
SOL DE INVIERNO (COLD WINTER SUN), Pablo Malo. Spain. Cast:
Unax Ugalde, Javier Pereira, Marisa Paredes, Marta Etura.. |
| Pablo Malo’s
debut is a quasi-noir family melodrama told in personal
key. An uprooted youngster fresh out of a psychiatric clinic
sets off in search of the father he blames for his family’s
problems. The travels during which he meets an array of
characters taking him to Lisbon and the truth about his
background. |
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BEBA
Y DORA (CAMA ADENTRO) (BEBA’S LIVE-IN), Jorge Gaggero.
Argentina-Spain. Cast: Norma Aleandro, Norma Argentina. |
| Beba is a middle-class
woman left with no money by the corralito bank crisis; Dora
is the typical maid that Beba continues to treat with an
iron hand despite the fact that she can’t pay her.
Smart and amusing portrait of two women and two worlds representing
the situation with their witty dialogues and perfect description,
all based on the performance of two exceptional actresses.
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Donostia-San Sebastian, 19 August 2004
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