Sinopsis
Having escaped from her stressful life in the city, 30-year-old Nat holes up in the small village of La Escapa, in deepest rural Spain. In a rundown country house, with a crochety stray dog, the young girl will try to put her life back on track. Having dealt with her landlord’s hostility and the mistrust of the village locals, Nat finds herself accepting a disturbing sexual proposal made by her neighbour Andreas (Hovik Keuchkerian). This strange and confusing encounter will give rise to an all-consuming and obsessive passion that will completely engulf Nat and make her question the kind of woman she thinks she is.
Isabel Coixet is a film director, screenwriter, translator and writer. She started making films when she was given an 8mm camera for her first holy communion. After graduating in History from the University of Barcelona, she dedicated herself to advertising, an activity that led her to win multiple awards and to found her own production company in 2000, Miss Wasabi Films. In 1989 she debuted as screenwriter and film director with the TV drama “Demasiado viejo para morir joven” (“Too Old to Die so Young”), which earned hera nomination for the Best new director at the Goya Awards. Numerous feature films would follow, many of them awarded with Goyas. In 2015 she received the Chevalier des arts et des lettres Medal from the French Ministry of Culture and in 2020 the National Film Award. In 2022 she premiered “El sostre groc” (“The Yellow Ceiling”), nominated for the Best Documentary at the Goya Awards.
Tuesday, October 24th, 2023. 7:30 pm
Palacio de la prensa.
Entrance by invitation only.
Director: Isabel Coixet (Spain)
Genre: Fiction
Country of production: Spain
Year of production: 2023
Running time: 129’
Language: Spanish
Cast: Laia Costa, Hovik Keuchkerian, Luis Bermejo, Hugo Silva, Ingrid García-Jonsson, Francesco Carril.
Production: Marisa Fernández Armenteros, Sandra Hermida
Screenwriter: Isabel Coixet, Laura Ferrero
Director of photography: Bet Rourich
Production companies: Buena Pinta Media, Perdición Films, Monte Glauco AIE, Movistar Plus+, RTVE, TV3
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Festivals/Awards: Silver Shell for Best Supporting Actor (Hovik Keuchkerian) and Feroz Zinemaldia Award at the San Sebastian Festival. Selected at Raindance Film Fest.
Premiere in Madrid.
