PAINLESS
synopsis
On the eve of the Spanish Civil War, a group of children who feel no pain are locked up in an asylum deep in the Pyrénées. Here, the children are taught physical suffering in attempt to rehabilitate them. In the present day, a brillant neurosurgeon, who needs a bone marrow transplant to survive, must find his biological parents. In this vital quest, he will awaken his country's ghosts and be confronted by the disastrous fate that awaited the children insensitive to pain.
international title: | Painless |
original title: | Insensibles |
country: | France, Spain, Portugal |
sales agent: | Elle Driver |
year: | 2012 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Juan Carlos Medina |
release date: | ES 1/10/2012, FR 10/10/2012 |
screenplay: | Juan Carlos Medina, Luiso Berdejo |
cast: | Àlex Brendemühl, Tómas Lemarquis, Irene Montalà, Derek de Lint, Juan Diego, Félix Gómez |
cinematography by: | Alejandro Martínez |
film editing: | Pedro Ribeiro |
art director: | Iñigo Navarro |
costumes designer: | Ariadna Papió |
producer: | Miguel Angel Faura, Antoine Simkine, Manuel Monzón |
production: | Les Films d'Antoine, Tobina Film, Roxbury Pictures, Fado Filmes, A Contracorriente Films, Televisió de Catalunya / TVC / TV3 / 3Cat |
backing: | Coficup un fond Backup Films, COFIMAGES 23, ICEC, ICAA, ICA, Eurimages, Ibermedia, Centre National de la Cinématographie et de l’Image Animée, Canal+, Cine+, Televisió de Catalunya |
distributor: | DistriB Films, A Contracorriente Films |