Sinopsis
Fiction. Carmen lives in a gypsy community in the suburbs of Madrid. Like every other woman she has ever met, she is destined to live a life that is repeated generation after generation: getting married and raising as many children as possible. But one day she meets Lola; an uncommon gypsy who dreams about going to university, draws bird graffiti and likes girls. Carmen quickly develops complicity with Lola and they discover a world that, inevitably, leads them to be rejected by their families.
Arantxa Echevarría has been working in the world of cinema for 20 years. Her first short films Panchito and Don Enrique de Guzmán have been selected and awarded in more than thirty Festivals. De noche y de pronto was nominated to the Goya Awards in 2014. Yo presidenta was awarded as the best project in the Medina del Campo Festival. She just finished the documentary El solista de la orquesta and her last short film El último Bus. She has co-written the screenplay for the feature film La Tama, at present in the post-production phase. With Carmen and Lola she represented Spain in the 2018 Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first Spanish director selected in Cannes.
March, 30th 2019. 7:00pm
Sala Berlanga. Fundación SGAE
Section: Spanish authors Panorama
Year of production: 2018
Running time: 105’
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish
Director: Arantxa Echevarría
Cast: Zaira Morales, Rosy Rodríguez, Moreno Borja, Carolina Yuste and Rafaela León
Producers: Pilar Sánchez Díaz and Arantxa Echevarría
Producing companies: Tvtec servicios audiovisuales / ICAA
International Sales: Latido Films
Main Festivals and Awards: Cannes Film Festival, Goya Awards for the best novel director and best supporting actress, Violet Gold Award for best film and best male performance for Moreno Borja at the CinSpain Festival in Toulouse, CAMILO Award for the best LGTBIQ-themed film of the Iberoamerican Film Festival in Huelva 2018
