Sinopsis
Ariadna (Laia Costa) discovers that her grandfather has long been searching for the remains of his own father, who disappeared in the Spanish Civil War. Determined to help him, she travels to Burgos, where they are exhuming a mass grave in which he could be buried. During her stay there, she will learn the story of Antoni Benaiges (Enric Auquer. He was a young teacher from Tarragona and her grandfather was his pupil before the war. Through an innovative pedagogical method, Antoni inspired his students and made them a promise: to take them to see the sea.
Patricia Font is a director from Barcelona. She graduated from the Higher School of Cinema and Audiovisuals of Catalonia (ESCAC) and soon began working in the directing team of numerous film and television productions. Some years after, she had the opportunity to direct four episodes of the second season of the series “Pulseras Rojas”, was her film directorial debut. She has directed several cinema and television films, including the short film “Café para llevar”, which was awarded the Goya for Best fiction short film.
Director: Patricia Font (Spain)
Genre: Fiction
Country of production: Spain
Year of production: 2023
Running time: 105’
Language: Spanish and Catalan. OV with Spanish subtitles
Cast: Enric Auquer, Laia Costa, Luisa Gavasa, Ramón Agirre, Milo Taboada, Nicolás Calvo, Alba Hermoso, Gael Aparicio, Antonio Mora, Laura Conejero.
Production: Francesc Escribano, Tono Folguera, Carlos Fernández, Laura Fernández Brites and David Felani
Screenwriter: Albert Val
Director of photography: David Valldepérez
Production companies: Minoría Absoluta, Lastor Media, Castelao Productions (Filmax)
International sales: Filmax
WINNER OF INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF VI MADRID FILMS BY WOMEN FESTIVAL
Selected at SEMINCI, Goya and Feroz Awards nominee
Premiere in Madrid.
