Sinopsis
Starring Lucía Bosé and Paola Dominguín, and directed by Cristina Andreu, the film talks about coming back to the source in a rural environment and about reflecting on life in villages. When she was still a child, Adriana and her mother left Brumal, a remote and strange village. Upon the death of her mother, she returns to Brumal to reconnect with her memories.
Cristina Andreu Cuevas is a Spanish film director. She was the president of the Association of Women Filmmakers and Audiovisual Media (CIMA), of which she is a founding member, from June 23rd, 2018, to June 2024.
She started her career in 1982 as a screenwriter, scriptwriter and assistant director in feature films. Seven years later, in 1989, she was the screenwriter and director of Brumal, a feature film based on Cristina Fernández Cubas' book "Los altillos de Brumal", which earned her a nomination the following year at the Goya Awards for Best New Director.
Later, in 1998, she made the making-of of the films A los que aman by Isabel Coixet and Los años bárbaros by Fernando Colomo.
She has been director of different television formats and taught at the School of Film and TV of the Veritas University of Costa Rica. In 2023 she received the Estrella de Madrid, by director Isabel Coixet, in the tribute ceremony dedicated to her at the 32nd Madrid Film Festival, organized by the New Filmmakers Platform (PNR).
Saturday, November 9th, 22:00h.
Year of production: 1988
Running Time: 1 hour 25 minutes
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish
Director: Crisitina Andreu
Cast: Lucía Bosé, Paola Dominguín, Bárbara Lluch, José Coronado, Santiago Ramos, Kiti Mánver
Production: Nacho Soriano
Screenwriter: Cristina Andreu (Based on the novel by Cristina Fernández Cubas)
Cinematographer: Juan Molina
Producing companies: Brumal P.C.
International Sales: Mercury Films (videomercury.com)
Premiere in Spain or Madrid? No
