THE GUESTS
by Stefan Butzmühlen, Cristina Diz
synopsis
A young couple in 1973. Iria is a migrant worker from Spain; Hajo is a student from Germany. When Iria’s mother becomes terminally ill, they decide to leave Köln and take her back to Galicia. Their road trip leads them through a variety of social and political systems that existed in the 1970s, while their relationship comes to reflect the zeitgeist.
| international title: | The Guests |
| original title: | Die Gäste |
| country: | Germany, Spain |
| sales agent: | The Match Factory |
| year: | 2026 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Stefan Butzmühlen, Cristina Diz |
| film run: | 90' |
| screenplay: | Stefan Butzmühlen, Cristina Diz |
| cast: | Greta Fernández, Jan Bülow, Mercedes Castro, Darío Loureiro, Santi Prego |
| cinematography by: | Rui Poças |
| film editing: | Christoph Cepok, Rainer Nigrelli |
| art director: | Jutta Freyer |
| costumes designer: | Genoveva Kylburg |
| producer: | Begüm Bakirci, Viola Fügen, Cécile Tollu-Polonowski, Michael Weber |
| co-producer: | Luisa Romeo |
| line producer: | Sebastian Fröhlich, José Salgueiro |
| production: | The Match Factory Productions, Frida Films |
