THE PERSEIDS
by Alberto Dexeus, Ànnia Gabarró
synopsis
The local tales tale that the town and the thermal power plant of Escatron were built on top of Spanish Civil War battlefield, on top of unburied dead corpses. The ghosts and spirits still wander through its streets and buildings, semi abandoned nowadays. Mar arrives in Escatrón to spend the strangest summer of her life after her parents’ divorce. She takes refugee in these mysterious post-war tales that float around the town through a group of teenagers that function according to some rules that she doesn’t know about. Unable to distinguish between fiction and reality, Mar will discover a more fascinating place than it seemed on the first place and that will help her make peace with his dad, conciliating family ties with this country’s memorial history, from the point of view of a teenager.
international title: | The Perseids |
original title: | Les Perseides |
country: | Spain |
year: | 2019 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Alberto Dexeus, Ànnia Gabarró |
film run: | 72' |
screenplay: | Alberto Dexeus, Ànnia Gabarró, Miguel Ángel Blanca, Maria Colomer |
cast: | Nora Sala-Patau, Eduard Buch, Carmela Poch, Marta Tremps |
cinematography by: | Ssoí Ramon |
film editing: | Katia Armesto, Alba Cid |
art director: | Adaia Puig |
music: | Angel Pérez |
producer: | Adaia Puig |
executive producer: | Bernat Manzano, Miguel Ángel Blanca |
production: | Boogaloo Films, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Televisió de Catalunya / TVC / TV3 / 3Cat |