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COAST OF DEATH

by Lois Patiño

synopsis

Portrait of Costa da Morte (coast region in Galicia, Spain) from an ethnographic and landscape level, exploring also the collective imagination associated with the area. A region marked by strong oceanic feeling dominated by the historical conception of world´s end and with tragic shipwrecks. Fragmentary film that approaches to the anthropological from its protagonists: sailors, shellfish, loggers, farmers ... A selection of characters representative of the traditional work carried out in the countryside in the region, allowing us to reflect on the influence of the environment on people.

international title: Coast of Death
original title: Costa da Morte
country: Spain
year: 2013
genre: documentary
directed by: Lois Patiño
film run: 81'
cinematography by: Lois Patiño
film editing: Lois Patiño, Pablo Gil Rituerto
music: Ann Deveria
producer: Felipe Lage, Martin Pawley
production: Zeitun Films
backing: AGADIC

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