71SSIFF - 22/30 September 2023
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El guardavías

Daniel Celaya , Andrea Trigo
Spain      88 m.
Closing film out of competition Not in competition
Synopsis

Pablo’ father is a signalman who says he sees ghosts and his mother is a strong, illiterate woman called María. When his father dies in strange circumstances María sends her son to study in the city so that he can become an educated man. Pablo feels abandoned and grows angry. Now Pablo is a drunken literature teacher currently unemployed and he has just received news of his mother’s death. He hasn’t seen her for 35 years. On his return home the fear reappear.

Director
Daniel Celaya (Spain), Andrea Trigo (Spain)
Production
Orson The Kid (Spain)
Running Time
88 m.
Country
Spain
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