SPAIN
synopsis
A foreigner unintentionally stranded in Austria is trying everything to get to his original destination of Spain. A restorer who earns money on the side by painting religious icons has had enough of her ex-husband’s intrusions. He’s searching for the right words to get her back whilst sniffing around in the private lives of bi-national couples as part of his job as a police official. A gambling addict is hoping for assistance from a dubious finance institute. All of them are in search of happiness. These four loosely connected stories tell of the here and now, where human trafficking, the vagaries of people smugglers, violence against women, restrictive immigration laws, gambling addiction, debt and business deals of all kinds are the order of the day.
international title: | Spain |
original title: | Spanien |
country: | Austria, Bulgaria |
sales agent: | The Party Film Sales |
year: | 2012 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Anja Salomonowitz |
film run: | 102' |
release date: | AT 23/03/2012 |
screenplay: | Dimitré Dinev, Anja Salomonowitz |
cast: | Grégoire Colin, Tatjana Alexander, Cornelius Obonya, Lukas Miko, Stefanie Dvorak |
cinematography by: | Sebastian Pfaffenbichler |
film editing: | Frédéric Fichefet |
art director: | Maria Gruber |
music: | Max Richter |
producer: | Danny Krausz, Kurt Stocker, Dimitar Gochev |
production: | Dor Film, Camera Ltd |
backing: | Österreichisches Filminstitut, Filmfonds Wien, Filmstandort Austria (FISA), Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) |
distributor: | Filmladen |