26/06/2008

Nacho Vigalondo’s debut feature Timecrimes [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Alejandro Miranda
interview: Nacho Vigalondo
film profile] will finally hit Spanish screens on Friday, June 27 amidst great anticipation.

Finally because six months ago Vigalondo’s film – which had its world premiere in October 2007 – still didn’t have a domestic distribution agreement, despite the fact that it had won awards at numerous international festivals (including Sundance) and Tom Cruise’s company United Artists had bought the rights to do a US remake.

Moreover, the Cantabrian director had also been nominated for the Best Short Film Oscar in 2003 for 7:35 in the Morning.

Timecrimes breathes new life into the Spanish film landscape and revisits the well-worn genre format – which has enjoyed success in Spain this year – but in a more lively and ironic way, closer to a B movie.

The film tells the absurd story of a man (Karra Elejalde) who accidentally travels in time and goes back to the past, where he encounters himself, a naked girl (Bárbara Goenaga) in the middle of a wood, and a strange and violent individual whose face is covered in pink bandages.

Aware of the project’s originality, those in charge of the film’s promotion devised a rather unusual campaign, centred on an interactive multimedia game made up of different phases and designed by Vigalondo, in which participants had to investigate strange events. The prize was, appropriately, a journey in time.

Produced by KV Entertainment, ZIP Films and Fine Productions on a budget of €2.5m, Timecrimes will be released on 77 screens by Versus Entertainment.

(Translated from Spanish)