COUNTRY
Spain
PRODUCTION
La Conquista de una Mirada, Tornasol
YEAR2024
DURATION80 min
WRITING Azucena Rodríguez
CINEMATOGRAPHY Juan Barrero, David Mayo
MUSIC
Rosa Torres Pardo
EDITION Juan Barrero
CAST Almudena Grandes, familia de Almudena Grandes
DISTRIBUTION Syldavia Cinema
INTERNATIONAL SALES Latido Films
CONTACT tornasol@tornasolmedia.com
SYNOPSIS Over the years, and in her own words, Almudena Grandes describes her way of seeing the world and of understanding life and writing. But Almudena is no longer here. The aim of this film is to keep her memory alive and to celebrate her life and work, without forgetting the painful void left by her death. Luis García Montero, her husband, ventures into that void, and in doing so, completes the intimate portrait of a writer who, like few others, knew how to tell us the story of our own lives.
Azucena Rodríguez
She holds a degree in Modern History. She began her career in film as part of the directing team for films such as
The Holy Innocents and
Voyage to Nowhere. After training as a screenwriter, she worked with Gonzalo Suárez while also writing her own screenplays. Her directorial debut, the feature film
Women in Prison, starred Penélope Cruz. This was followed by
Puede ser divertido and
Atlas of Human Geography, an adaptation of the novel by Almudena Grandes. She has written and directed series such as
Cuéntame cómo pasó and
The Roar of the Butterflies, as well as documentaries like
Maltratadas. She also participated in TVE’s latest documentary series
La conquista de la democracia. She has tutored in the Master's Degree in Screenwriting at Carlos III University.
FILMOGRAPHY
Cuéntame cómo pasó (TV series, 2007-2014),
Atlas de geografía humana (feature film, 2007),
Puede ser divertido (feature film, 1995).
Entre rojas (feature film, 1995)