La muerte en La Alcarria

Thursday 14 - 20:00 Trueba cinemas

Fernando Pomares - 83' - Spain

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Words are weariness. That's how the two Cubero brothers – booted and suited anomalies of bluegrass and traditional music – roll, when their car breaks down in the middle of The Alcarria. Without opening their mouths – bar the string of songs they perform live – the brothers start to walk, heroes of a black and white film that's pure auteur cinema. Like a Paris, Texas in silence and Spanish. Like Jim Jarmusch with the echo of mandolins. Lost out on the steppe, the Cuberos sing and square up to phantoms, enigmatic beings, nocturnal fears, olive trees, ghost towns and deserted highways. Sacristies and weeds. They lunch in the shade, and then continue on foot, instrument cases in hand, and dust-covered shoes. The viewer can't tell if it's a dream: the protagonists' faces don't betray the slightest emotion. Only when they approach the mics, can they be heard… and my word… A passage through Spanish limbo at the hands of the most unique duo in Spanish pop music.

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Director: Fernando Pomares
Year: 2015
Country: Spain
Length: 83 min.
Original language: Spanish
Leadings: Enrique Ruiz Cubero, Roberto Ruiz Cubero
Editors: Diana Toucedo
Camera: Albert Badia
Producers: Alèxia Bas
Film company: Travelogue Studio