72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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El autor / The Motive

Manuel Martín Cuenca
Spain - Mexico      112 m.
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Álvaro wants to be an author, but everything he puts down on paper rings false, pretentious and insipid. He works as a clerk at a notary’s office in Seville and his life is dull, only coloured by his dreams. His wife, Amanda, is quite the opposite. She’s always had her feet firmly on the ground and has never dreamt of becoming an author. However, she sets out to write and produces a bestseller. The ironies of life. Separation is inevitable. Just then, Álvaro decides to fulfil his dream: to write a great novel. But he can’t; he has neither the talent nor the imagination. Guided by Juan, his writing teacher, he studies the fundamentals of the novel, until discovering one day that fiction is in fact based on reality. Álvaro starts manipulating his neighbours and friends to create a story, a real story bigger than fiction.

Director
Manuel Martín Cuenca
Screenplay
Alejandro Hernández
Production
Lazona Films (Spain)
Jaime Ortiz de Artiñano
Alebrije Cine y Vídeo (Mexico)
Mónica Lozano
Icónica Producciones (Spain)
José Nolla
La Loma Blanca P.C. (Spain)
Manuel Martín Cuenca
Photography
Pau Esteve
Edition
Ángel Hernández Zoido
Music
José Luis Perales
Cast
Javier Gutiérrez, María León, Adelfa Calvo, Adriana Paz, Tenoch Huerta, Rafael Téllez, Antonio de la Torre
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
Sales
Filmax International
Miguel Hernández 81-87. Districte Económic de L`Hospitalet
08908
Hospitalet de Llobregat
Spain
Running Time
112 m.
Country
Spain - Mexico
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