Completed - SPANISH - First film, Drama - 92 minutes
When the elderly caretaker of a remote morgue discovers the body of a young woman killed during a protest, he embarks on a magical odyssey to give her a proper burial before the militia returns.
Year of production : 2017 Director(s) : Alireza KHATAMI Writer(s) : Alireza KHATAMI Cast : Juan MARGALLO, Tomás DEL ESTAL, Manuel MORON, Itziar AIZPURU Producer(s) : Vincent WANG (House on Fire), Dominique WELINSKI (House on Fire), Frederic BELLAICHE (House on Fire), Fabien MASSAH (Endorphine Production), Catharina SCHRECKENBERG (Endorphine Production), Joost DE VRIES (Lemming Films), Leontine PETIT (Lemming Films), Giancarlo NASI (Quijote Rampante)
The elderly caretaker of a remote morgue possesses an impeccable memory for everything but names. He passes his days showing corpses to those searching for their lost ones and tending to his beloved plants. When protest in a nearby city breaks out and the militia covertly raids the morgue to hide civilian casualties, he discovers the body of an unknown young woman. Evoking memories of personal loss, he embarks on a magical odyssey to give her a proper burial with the help of a mystic gravedigger who collects stories of the dead, an old woman searching for her long-lost daughter, and a hearse driver tormented by his past.
Country(ies) : FRANCE, GERMANY, NETHERLANDS, CHILE Start of shooting : September 2014
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