72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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El ventre del mar / The Belly of the Sea

Agustí Villaronga
Spain      75 m.
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A conflict evoking the wounds of man. June 1816. Alliance, a French Navy frigate, founders on a sandbar off the coast of Senegal. The lifeboats are unable to take all those on board and a rickety vessel is built. Forcing 147 men onto the precarious raft, it is cut loose and left to fend for itself. Hunger, the inclemency of the sea, madness and a bloody fight flare up on the drifting raft. A horror lasting for days and days. Only nine of those 147 men saved their lives. Among them was Savigny, an implacable medical officer, and Thomas, a rebellious marine private. Amid the confrontation, each deploys different attitudes to survive. A scenario revealing the greatest of cruelties and the sweetest of mercies.  

Director
Agustí Villaronga (Spain)
Screenplay
Agustí Villaronga
Production
Testamento PCT S.L. (Spain)
Javier Pérez Santana
La Periférica (Spain)
Francesc Mullet
Sales
Antidote (Russia)
Distribution
Filmin (Spain)
Photography
Josep Civit, Blai Tomas
Edition
Bernat Aragonés
Music
Marcús JGR
Sound
Lucía Millán
Cast
Roger Casamajor, Òscar Kapoya
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
Running Time
75 m.
Original language of the film
Catalan
Country
Spain
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