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San Sebastian Film Festival · 2012

San Sebastian Film Festival 2012

Made in Spain

Non-competitive selection showcasing Spanish films of the year, including productions previously premiered or not in Spain. The Festival offers these films an excellent international launch-pad.

Programme

16 films · 1 review

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30 Years Of Darkness (30 años de oscuridad)

This documentary portrays the eventful life of Manuel Cortés, known as "the mole of Mijas", a victim of political persecution who remained in hiding for thirty years, a ghost of the Civil War.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2012; Director: Manuel H Martín; Writer: Jorge Laplace; Stars: Juan Diego, Ana Fernández)

As Luck Would Have It (La chispa de la vida)

Can a freak accident help a washed-up ad executive help to care for his family?

(Country: Spain, France; Year: 2011; Director: Álex de la Iglesia; Writer: Randy Feldman; Stars: Salma Hayek, José Mota, Fernando Tejero, Blanca Portillo, Juan Luis Galiardo)

Carmina o revienta

Carmina is a 58-year-old woman who runs a shop selling Iberian products in Seville, after several robberies she devises her own way of getting the lost money back.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2012; Director: Paco León; Writer: Paco León; Stars: Carmina Barrios, María León, Paco Casaus, Ana María García, Raimundo Carrasco, Fran Torres, Miguel Alcíbar, José Mari Bizcocho, Mari Paz Sayago, Guillermo Weickert, Paqui Montoya, Antonio León, Antonio Estrada, Rafael Martín Ortiz, Antonio Adarve)

Dream and Silence (Sueño y silencio)

Oriol and Yolanda, who live in Paris with their two daughters, are on holiday in the Ebro Delta, when an accident transforms their lives.

(Country: Spain, France; Year: 2012; Director: Jaime Rosales; Writer: Jaime Rosales, Enric Rufas; Stars: Celia Correas, Yolanda Galocha, Laura Latorre, Alba Ros, Oriol Rosselló, Jaume Terradas)

Edificio España

A documentary about the project to completely renovate the Edificio España, an emblematic building in Madrid that symbolised prosperity under Franco.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2012; Director: Víctor Moreno; Writer: Víctor Moreno, Rodrigo Rodríguez)

Frozen Silence (Silencio en la nieve)

A mysterious thriller set in the Second World War.

(Country: Spain, Lithuania; Year: 2011; Director: Gerardo Herrero; Writer: Ignacio del Valle, Nicolás Saad; Stars: Juan Diego Botto, Carmelo Gómez, Rafa Castejón, Víctor Clavijo, Francesc Orella, Adolfo Fernández, Andrés Gertrúdix, Antanas Surgailis, Alex Spijksma, Sergi Calleja, Jordi Aguilar, Antonio Mora, Javier Mejía)

Iceberg

Three interwoven stories about adolescence that come together in a winter river as it passes through a small town.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2011; Director: Gabriel Velázquez; Writer: Blanca Torres, Gabriel Velázquez; Stars: Víctor García, Carolina Morocho, Jesús Nieto, Juanma Sevillano)

Kathmandu Lullaby (Katmandú, un espejo en el cielo)

Laia, a young Catalan teacher who moves to Kathmandu to work in a school, discovers extreme poverty and a devastatingly bleak education system that excludes those in greatest need.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2011; Director: Icíar Bollaín; Writer: Icíar Bollaín, Victòria Subirana; Stars: Verónica Echegui, Saumyata Bhattarai, Norbu Tsering Gurung, Montserrat Alcoverro, Lluïsa Castell, Ferran Lahoz, Aleix Rengel)

Orange Honey (Miel de naranjas)

A love story set in 1950s Andalusia, where a young man finds he can longer tolerate the injustices in the town.

(Country: Spain, Portugal; Year: 2012; Director: Imanol Uribe; Writer: Remedios Crespo; Stars: Blanca Suárez, Ángela Molina, Bárbara Lennie, Karra Elejalde, Eduard Fernández, Antonio Dechent, Carlos Santos, Nora Navas, Filipe Duarte, José Manuel Poga, Jesús Carroza, Marco D'Almeida, Fernando Soto, Ramón Ibarra, Adelfa Calvo)

Sleepless Knights

A love story between a young holidaymaker and a policeman in a village in Extremadura strongly attached to its old rituals and traditions.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2012; Director: Stefan Butzmühlen, Cristina Diz; Writer: Stefan Butzmühlen, Cristina Diz; Stars: Raul Godoy)

Sons Of The Clouds (Hijos de las nubes, la última colonia)

In this documentary directed by Álvaro Longoria and produced by Javier Bardem, the actor guides the audience through the complex world of international diplomacy and the geo-strategic interests that have sparked off the Arab Spring, analysing the grim story of the inhabitants of the Western Sahara, the last colony in Africa.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2012; Director: Álvaro Longoria; Writer: Álvaro Longoria; Stars: Javier Bardem, Elena Anaya, Carlos Bardem, Manu Chao, Felipe González, Álvaro Longoria, Francesco Bastagli, Paul Nahon, Roland Dumas, Frank Ruddy, Ese Okiti, Mohamed Lamine Bouhali, Jean Francois-Poncet, Fatma Mehdi, Angie de Birch)

Unit 7 (Grupo 7)

A thriller about the activities of a police unit called Grupo 7 who pay little attention to the thin line that separates the unethical from the openly illegal.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2012; Director: Alberto Rodríguez; Writer: Rafael Cobos, Rafael Cobos, Alberto Rodríguez; Stars: Antonio de la Torre, Mario Casas, Joaquín Núñez, José Manuel Poga, Inma Cuesta, Estefanía Santos de los, Julián Villagrán, Alfonso Sánchez, Carlos Olalla, Lucía Guerrero, Diana Lázaro, Jesús Carroza, Juan Carlos de Borbón)

White Elephant (Elefante blanco)

Review preview for White Elephant

An immersive dive into an offbeat and murky corner of modern Argentine life.

Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
The story of the friendship between two priests who settle in a Buenos Aires slum area to carry out their ministry and social work.

(Country: Argentina, Spain; Year: 2012; Director: Pablo Trapero; Writer: Alejandro Fadel, Martín Mauregui, Santiago Mitre, Pablo Trapero; Stars: Ricardo Darín, Jérémie Renier, Martina Gusman, Miguel Arancibia, Federico Barga, Esteban Díaz, Pablo Gatti, Walter Jacob, Raul Ramos, Susana Varela, Julio Zarza)

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Wilaya

A poetic tale of two sisters whose lives take different paths and the clash of cultures that ensues between North Africa and mainland Europe.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2011; Director: Pedro Pérez Rosado; Stars: Nadhira Mohamed, Memona Mohamed, Aziza Brahim, Ainina Sidameg, Ahmed Molud)

The Wild Ones (Els nens salvatges)

A film which focuses on the world of teenagers, on their challenges and the lack of communication between them and their elders.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2012; Director: Patricia Ferreira; Writer: Patricia Ferreira, Virginia Yagüe; Stars: Marina Comas, Àlex Monner, Albert Baró, Aina Clotet, Ana Fernández, José Luis García Pérez, Montse Germán, Francesc Orella, Marisol Membrillo, Clara Segura, Emma Vilarasau, Lluís Villanueva, Eduardo Velasco, Mercè Pons, Xavier Ripoll)

Winning Streak

The thrilling story of a group of youngsters who attempt to clear out casinos by playing roulette.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2012; Director: Eduard Cortés; Writer: Eduard Cortés, Piti Español; Stars: Daniel Brühl, Sonia Casademont, Hui Chi Chiu, Xelo Curiel, Eduard Fernández, Lluís Homar, Ferran Lahoz, Rachel Lascar, Micka Luna, Vicente Romero, Marina Salas, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Blanca Suárez, Mark Ullod, Oriol Vila)