Sinopsis
Fiction. With the help of a group of Spanish prisoners who lead the clandestine organization of the Mauthausen concentration camp, Francesc Boix (Mario Casas), a prisoner who works in the photographic laboratory of the countryside, risks his life by planning the saving of some negatives that will demonstrate to the world the atrocities committed by the Nazis in the hell of the Austrian concentration camp. Thousands of negatives show from within all the cruelty of a perverse system. The photographs that Boix and his companions managed to save were decisive in condemning high Nazi officers in the Nuremberg trials in 1946. Boix was the only Spaniard who attended as a witness.
Targarona studied Dramatic Art in Barcelona at the Strasbourg School and with Lee Strasberg. Thus, she began her professional career in the theatre with the company Dagoll Dagom and the Teatre Lliure. Later she opted for the world of cinema and television, making the first commercials for Rodar and Rodar (her own production company.) In 1995 she already was working as a director, screenwriter and producer. Director of Secuestro, and producer of titles such as El orfanato and Los ojos de Júlia, she has a considerable professional recognition.
March, 30th 2019. 9:00pm
Sala Berlanga. Fundación SGAE
Section Spanish authors Panorama
Year of production: 2018
Running time: 110’
Country: Spain
Languages: Spanish, German
Director: Mar Targarona
Cast: Mario Casas, Alain Hernández, Macarena Gómez and Richard Von Weyden
Producers: Joaquín Padró and Mar Targarona
Producing companies: Rodar and Rodar Cine y Televisión, Filmteam Kft., RTVE – Corporación de Radio and Televisión Española, Televisió de Catalunya – TV3
International Sales: Filmfactory Entertainment
Main Festivals and Awards: Award for Best Production Management, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Best Art Direction in the Gaudí Awards, and nominations in the Goya Awards including Best Production Management
