COUNTRY
Spain, USA
PRODUCTION
Eddie Saeta, Carbó Films
YEAR1996
DURATION93 min
WRITING Isabel Coixet
CINEMATOGRAPHY Teresa Medina
MUSIC
Alfonso de Vilallonga
EDITION Kathryn Himoff, Juan Peláez, Paco Ruiz
CAST Lili Taylor, Andrew McCarthy, Debi Mazar, Alexis Arquette, Leslie Mann, Richard Edson, Seymour Cassel
DISTRIBUTION Centre de Conservació i Restauració (2CR) de la Filmoteca de Catalunya
INTERNATIONAL SALES Filmoteca de Catalunya
CONTACT josepcalle@gencat.cat
SYNOPSIS Ann, who works in a camera shop, has moved to a town that is totally foreign to her in order to be near her boyfriend Bob. But one day he calls her to break off the relationship, causing Ann to attempt suicide. When she leaves the hospital, a nurse recommends that she call a crisis help line, where Don, a real state agent, volunteers. Ann and Don's lives will intersect.
Isabel Coixet
Sant Adrià de Besòs, 1960. Director, screenwriter and publicist. After a succesful career in the world of the advertising, she made her film debut in1988 with
Demasiado viejo para morir joven (
Too Old to Die Young). Her second film,
Things I Never Told Yo in 1996, was shot in the United States and in English, achieving critical aclaim. Since then he has consolidated a prolific filmography, alternating successful international productions.
FILMOGRAPHY
Un amor (feature film, 2023),
El techo amarillo (documentary, 2022),
Elisa y Marcela (feature film, 2019),
The Bookshop (feature film, 2017),
Nobody Wants the Night (feature film, 2015),
Ayer no termina nunca (feature film, 2013),
Escuchando al juez Garzón (documentary, 2011),
Aral. El mar perdido (documentary, 2010),
Elegy (feature film, 2008),
The Secret Life of Words (feature film, 2005),
My Life Without Me (feature film, 2003)
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