72nd San Sebastian Festival - 20/28 September 2023
71SSIFF - 22/30 September 2023
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Juan Gabriel Tharrats
Spain
98 min.
Historical document on Segundo de Chomon (1871-1929), a spanish pioneer in the seventh art, the author of innumerable technical and artistical innovations. The film alternates excerpts of his films with fiction scenes, and interviews of wellknown critics and historians.
Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, José Luis García Sánchez, Miguel Angel Pacheco, Jaime Chávarri, Emiliano De Pedraza, Gonzalo Suárez, Teodoro Escamilla, Carles Mira
Spain
78 min.
Through different episodes, eight film-directors deal with the world of childhood.
José Ramón Sánchez, Cruz Delgado
Spain
75 min.
In a random city, a grandfather and his grandchildren: José, Lola and "Patata", spend their free time in their attic surrounded by old furniture, original objects and costumes, and discarded toys and dolls. They enjoy extraordinary experiences thanks to the imagination of these likeable and amusing characters. The grandfather, disguised as a wizard, leads his grandchildren through amazing adventures related to games, theater, circus, sports and cinema. Throughout the film we will learn about myths, genres and fantasies related to the show field.
Jaime Camino
Spain
95 min.
Ambros runs an advertising agency which takes up all his time. He hardly sees his family and lives under constant stress. One night, as he is walking out of his office with Enrique, his best friend, the latter has a heart attack, from which he doesn't recover. So Ambros decides to drop everything and to live.
Carlos Puerto
Spain - Mexico
90 min.
Two sisters, Sara and Elena, rent a room in their villa to a young man, Angel, who is working at a translation of the Bible and who has extrasensorial perceptions. Angel and Elena fall in love. Sara, jealousy stricken, is driven mad and locked up in a sanatorium, where she plans her revenge.
Vicente Aranda
Spain - Venezuela
101 min.
Forest, and old falangist, lives in a village on the Costa Brava where he writes his memories. His niece Mariana, whom he has not seen since she was a child, suddenly arrives at his house to spend a few days. Her youth, easy manners and sexual liberty upset Forest in a profound way. Her attempts to seduce her uncle are fruitful. A few hours later they discover that he is actually her father.
José Antonio Salgot
Spain
110 min.
Clara is a young, independent and intelligent engineer. She becomes pregnant and decides to have the child, who appears to be an autistic boy. This fact progressively opposses her to the rest of the world and leads her to an isolated life with her son, Juan. A mutual fascination emerges between them and they become more and more identified with one another. An old friend of Clara breaks this situation, causing Juan to react violently.
Juan José Porto
Spain
85 min.
Miguel is a young man who suffers from a heart disease, which prevents him from having intercourse with his wife Ana. In order to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary, they go to an estate, far from Madrid, where Miguel spent his childhood. A heart attack causes him to experience extremely odd and pleasant sensations. In the middle of the night, he wrestles with a man who was hanging around the house, and undergoes an ultimate heart attack.
Miguel Ángel Rivas
Spain
79 min.
The couple formed by Adela and Vidal has a daughter, Marta. Vidal, on his side, has a son from Laura, his lover. Laura gets in touch with Adela, to warn her that Vidal is just about to leave them for a third woman. This new situation brings about an alliance between Laura and Adele, to prevent Vidal from carrying out his plans.
Francisco Romá
Spain
93 min.
After a casual meeting, Chari, Carlos and Paco decide to spend a month together in Carlos' flat. They are young, jobless, without a penny and with nobody to open their hearts to. From the first day of their living together, they realize that love and friendship are not necessarily incompatible. In their search for means of subsistence, they come across some typically spanish characters.
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