COUNTRY
spanish
PRODUCTION
Montauk Cinema, Montauk Canarias
YEAR2024
DURATION85 min
WRITING Sara Sálamo
CINEMATOGRAPHY Isabel Ruiz Ruiz
EDITION Clara Martínez Malagelada, Eduardo Tejada
CAST Isco Alarcón, Sara Sálamo
CONTACT info@montaukcinema.com
SYNOPSIS "Silent Struggle" breaks away from traditional sports documentaries. Without interviews or direct-to-camera speeches, Sara Sálamo films with intimacy, exploring the sacrifice of Isco, a Real Betis player, through the lens of auteur cinema. His injury forces him out of the Euros, plunging him into a relentless struggle in the shadows, where effort and silence become his only companions. A film that brings football lovers closer to indie cinema and cinephiles to the hidden epic of sports.
Sara Sálamo
Actress, screenwriter, director, and producer from the Canary Islands, Sara Sálamo steps behind the camera after 14 years of acting. In 2022, she founded Montauk Cinema and Montauk Canarias, where she develops fiction and documentary projects. Her debut feature,
Hortelana, has won two awards for its screenplay and received multiple international selections. In the documentary field, she feels especially drawn to exploring intimate and reflective stories, as seen in
Silent Struggle, her latest project. With a personal and committed vision, her work is beginning to establish her as one of the emerging voices in Spanish cinema.
FILMOGRAPHY
Horizonte (short film, 2025),
Yaya (short film, 2024),
Marrano (documentary, 2024),
La manzana (short film, 2023)