COUNTRY
Spain
PRODUCTION
Los Olvidados Post i Producción, Bergman Was Right Films
YEAR2025
DURATION26 min
WRITING Fernando Vílchez Rodríguez
CINEMATOGRAPHY Alván Prado
EDITION Natalia Solórzano
CAST Carlos Ozcoz, María Rico, Ricardo Romanos, Paz Asensio Peso, Paula Ruiz, Irene Rodríguez Ledesma, Amalia Pérez Muro, Beatriz Ezquerro Ortega, Jesús Vicente Aguirre, Yolanda Colás
INTERNATIONAL SALES Bergman Was Right Films
CONTACT fernandoarturov@gmail.com
SYNOPSIS In different towns in La Rioja, Spain, there are hands that recover old papers and worn postcards. These are the letters that prisoners killed in the Spanish Civil War wrote during their last hours. Today, almost ninety years later, the grandchildren, great-grandchildren and relatives read the words of those who were about to die. With their voices, a memory seems to awaken.
Fernando Vílchez Rodríguez
Filmmaker, teacher and film programmer. His films are based on investigations into society through visual and literary archive material. His short documentaries
The Calm and
I Can Only Show You the Color had their world premieres in the Official Short Film Competition at the Berlinale, in 2011 and 2014, respectively. His works have been seen at prestigious festivals such as Karlovy Vary, Mar del Plata, Visions du Réel, Havana, Jeonju and others. His latest short film is the collective documentary
El polvo ya no nubla nuestros ojos, it won the Special Jury Prize in Lima, the Grand Prize for Best Film at the Punto de Vista festival in Pamplona, and the award for Best International Short Film at L’Alternativa in Barcelona, among other awards.
FILMOGRAPHY
El polvo ya no nubla nuestros ojos (short film, 2022),
Yo siempre puedo dormir pero hoy no puedo (short film, 2019),
Su nombre es Fujimori (documentary, 2016),
Solo te puedo mostrar el color (short film, 2014),
La espera. Historias del Baguazo (documentary, 2014),
La calma (short film, 2011)
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