SINOPSIS

Marcela, a young woman with financial troubles, finds a summer job looking after Amador, a bedridden elderly man whose family is away. She thinks her problems are solved, but Amador dies shortly thereafter, putting Marcela in a predicament. His death leaves her jobless, something she can’t afford to let happen…

Faced with a difficult moral dilemma, Marcela will prove that death can’t always stop life.

DIRECTOR

FERNANDO LEÓN DE ARANOA (Madrid, 1968)

Screenwriter and film director, holds a bachelor's degree in Image Sciences from the Universidad de Complutense in Madrid.

Wrote and directed BUENAS NOCHES, OUMA (2007), a short film included in the feature-length documentary INVISIBLES, eleased at the Berlin International Film Festival and winner of the Goya for Best Documentary Film at the Spanish Academy Awards.

Wrote, directed and produced PRINCESAS (2005), winner of three Goya Awards, the Ondas Award for Film Event of the Year and the Protagonistas Award, among others.

Wrote and directed LOS LUNES AL SOL (2002), winner of three Goya Awards, including Best Film and Best Director; the Concha de Oro for Best Film at the San Sebastian Film Festival and also the Fipresci, Fotogramas, Ondas, Jose María Forqué and Luis Buñuel awards and the Ariel Award from the Mexican Academy for Best Latin American Film, among others.

Wrote and directed CAMINANTES (2001), which won the Best Documentary Award at the Havana Motion Picture Festival, as well as at the Los Angeles and New York Latino Film awards.

Wrote and directed BARRIO (1998), which won three Goya Awards, for Best Direction and Best Screenplay among others, as well as the Concha de Oro for Best Director at the San Sebastian Film Festival, and also at the Fipresci, Fotogramas, José María Forqué, Sant Jordi and Turia awards, among others.

Wrote and directed FAMILIA (1996), his first film, for which he won the Goya Award for Best New Director and also Best Director, the Fipresci Award and the Audience Favorite Award at the Valladolid Film Festival. Also won the Best Film Award at the Houston, Miami and Angers festivals.

Before that he wrote and directed SIRENAS (1994)his only short film.

Collaborated as screenwriter on LA ESPALDA DEL MUNDO (1997) and also on the production of IZBIEGLIZJE (1994), filmed during the last few months of the war in Bosnia Herzegovina.

As a fiction screenwriter he has scripted feature-length films such as FAUSTO 5.0, INSOMNIO or CORAZON LOCO, among others. He has also scripted television programs such as UN, DOS, TRES by Ibáñez Serrador, MARTES y 13 and television series such as TURNO DE OFICIO.

As an author of short stories, he has won the 2006 Camilo José Cela Award for the short story LOS TRENES NEGROS. Before that he won his second Antonio Machado Award for the story MENSAJES and two years later was a runner-up for the same award, with LAPICEROS.

As a teacher at screenwriting and direction workshops, he regularly collaborates with the Screenwriters & Directors Lab of the Sundance Institute, in Utah, and also with the International School of Film in San Antonio de los Baños, in Cuba.

In 2004 he founded his own production company, REPOSADO.

MAGALY SOLIER

Magaly as Marcela

FILM:

2009“Altiplano” directed by Peter Brosens

        and Jessica Woodworth

2009“La teta asustada” directed by Claudia Llosa

2006“Madeinusa” directed by Claudia Llosa

CELSO BUGALLO

Celso as Amador

FILM:

2008“Cenizas del cielo” directed by José Antonio Quirós

2007“Pudor” directed by David and Tristán Ulloa

2007“Los Totenwackers” directed by Ibón Cormenzana

2006“Los sultanes del Sur” directed by Alejandro Lozano

2006“La noche de los girasoles” directed by

        Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo

2006“Salvador (Puig Antich)” directed by Manuel Huerga

2005“Para que no me olvides” directed by

        Patricia Ferrerira

2004“Mar Adentro” directed by Alejandro Amenabar

2002“Los Lunes al sol” directed by

        Fernando León de Aranoa

THEATER: As director

“Preludio al Teatro”

“El daño que hace el tabaco”

“El despertar”

TELEVISION:

2001“Terra de Miranda” (TVG)

2001“Galicia Express” (TVG)

2001“Fios” (TVG)

2000“Rias Baixas” (TVG)

1998“Periodistas” (Telecinco)

1998“Mareas Vivas” (TVG)

Among other awards won the Goya for Best Supporting Actor in 2005 for his role in “Mar Adentro”.

PIETRO SIBILLE

Pietro as Nelson

FILM:

2008“Pasajeros” directed by Andrés Cotler

2007“La gran sangre” directed by Jorge Carmona

2006“La prueba” directed by Judith Vélez

2005“Ruta del Jaca” directed by Kristinn Kristinsson

2004“Días de Santiago” directed by Josué Méndez

2003“Ojos que no ven” directed by Francisco J. Lombardi

TELEVISION:

2008“Los del barrio”

2008“Calle en llamas”

2007“La gran sangre”

2005“Lobos de mar”

2005“Misterio”

SONIA ALMARCHA

Sonia as Yolanda

FILM:

2007“La soledad” directed by Jaime Rosales

2004“Muertos comunes” directed by Norberto Ramos

2001“Sagitario” directed by Vicente Molina Foix

2000“Las razones de mis amigos” directed by

        Gerardo Herrero

2000“Soirée” directed by Aitor Gaizka

2000“Torre” directed by Oskar Santos

TELEVISION:

2009“El enigma Giacomo”

2008“Cuentame” (1 episode)

2008“Sin tetas no hay paraíso” (4 episodes)

2008“Fago” (3 episodes)

2007“R.I.S científica” (1 episode)

2006“Génesis, en la mente del asesino” (22 episodes)

2005“El pasado es mañana” (7 episodes)

FANNY DE CASTRO

Fanny as Puri.

CINE:

2008“Los girasoles ciegos” directed by José Luis Cuerda

2007“Clandestinos” directed by Antonio Hens

2007“Déjate caer” directed by Jesús Ponce

2006“Volver” directed by Pedro Almodóvar

2005“Camarón” directed by Jaime Chávarri

TELEVISION:

2008“Fuera de lugar” (1 episode)

2008“El síndrome de Ulises” (1 episode)

2007“Desaparecida” (1 episode)

2005“Los hombres de Paco” (8 episodes)

2004“Aquí no hay quien viva” (1 episode)

CREW

Written and Directed byFERNANDO LEÓN DE ARANOA

ProducersFERNANDO LEÓN DE ARANOA
 JAUME ROURES

Executive Producers PATRICIA DE MUNS
 JAVIER MÉNDEZ

Director of Photography RAMIRO CIVITA

MusicLUCIO GODOY

Art Director LLORENÇ MIQUEL

Editor NACHO RUÍZ CAPILLAS

Production DesignerLUIS FERNÁNDEZ LAGO

Production ManagerANA PARRA

Sound IVÁN MARÍN, DANIEL PEÑA Y ALFONSO RAPOSO

Costume DesignerFERNANDO GARCÍA

Make upROMANA GONZÁLEZ

Hair DressingJOSEFA MORALES

CastingROSA MORALES

First Assistant DirectorANTONIO ORDÓÑEZ