Sinopsis
Robert Rylands, an archaeologist and university professor who has been lost of sight for the past ten years, returns to Oxford when he is about to turn 70. He spends an entire night making a voluntary statement at a police station. His story establishes links between several people: the redhead named Jill, her daughter Sue, the Indian Ahira, the black student Abraham Jones and the young Spaniard Juan Noguera, who has just arrived to teach a literature course. Rylands' statement reveals his intimate and long-lasting relationship with Alfred Cromer-Blake. The news that Cromer-Blake's days are numbered turns Robert Rylands' latest trip into a personal emotional experience.
Film director and screenwriter, she studied Ancient History at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. In 1992 she directed her first solo film, Una estación de paso, which won a special jury prize at the Valladolid International Film Festival. Her debut film was followed by Robert Rylands' Last Journey and Be by My Side.
In 2004 she directed Héctor, which was granted the best film award at the Malaga Festival. In 2007, with Seven Billiard Tables she was nominated for the Goya for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. A year later, she received the 'Ciudad de Cuenca' award from the Cuenca International Film Festival of Women Directors, in recognition of her career.
Thursday, November 7th, 22:00h.
Year of production: 1996
Running Time: 1 hour 38 minutes
Country: Spain
Language: Dual English/Spanish
Director: Gracia Querejeta
Reparto: Ben Cross, William Franklyn, Cathy Underwood, Kenneth Colley, Perdita Weeks, Gary Piquer, Maurice Denham
Production: Elías Querejeta, Rosa Romero
Screenwriters: Elías Querejeta, Gracia Querejeta. (Based on the novel by Javier Marías)
Cinematographer: Antonio Pueche
Production companies: Alta Films, Elías Querejeta P.C.
International Sales: Mercury Films (videomercury.com)
Selected in ... No
Premiere in Spain or Madrid? No.
