El palo

Four women disillusioned with the lives they have been dealt plan to rob a bank. They are a bank cleaner, a down-on-her-luck bourgeois woman, a pregnant hairdresser and a young punk with no future. Their motive: to solve their serious financial problems.

Eva Lesmes (Gijón, August 3, 1961) is a Spanish screenwriter, film director and television director. Trained in acting direction in Spain, Lesmes moved to the United States, where she graduated in Film and Television Directing from the American Film Institute and continued her studies at UCLA. She made her film debut in 1996 with Pon un hombre en tu vida and has since developed an extensive career in film and television.

In 2005, she founded the Central de Cine school together with Javier Gancedo. She is also a founding member of CIMA (Association of Women Filmmakers and Audiovisual Media).

Year of Production: 2000

Time: 87’

Country: Spain

Language: Spanish

Director: Eva Lesmes

Cast: Carmen Maura, Maribel Verdú, Adriana Ozores, Malena Alterio, Diana Palazón, Juan Gea, Jaime Pujol

Production: César Benítez

Script: Luis Marías

Director of Photography: Gonzalo F. Berridi

Production Companies: Bocaboca Producciones

International Sales: Mercury Films

Distribution: Mercury Films