The Plague ( La plaga )

The Plague (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: La plaga
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Goya Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
82 min + 20 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2013 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Neus Ballús

Written By:
Neus Ballús
Pau Subirós

Actors:
Raül Molist ..... Raül
Maria Ros ..... Maria
Rosemarie Abella ..... Rosemarie
Iurie Timbur ..... Iurie
Maribel Martí ..... Maribel
Isidre Molist ..... Pare Raül
Agustina Sanz ..... Mare Raül
Arnau Molist ..... Fill Raül
Laia Molist ..... Filla Raül
Maria Molist ..... Filla Raül
Andrei Poporet ..... Amic Iurie
Juan Carlos Ramos ..... Entrenador
Ayrapet Apikyan ..... Lluitador
Ruslan Aliev ..... Lluitador
Òscar Parra ..... Lluitador

Synopsis:

***ATTENTION***Mixed language audio with English, Spanish & French subtitles***Raül, a farmer that tries to grow organic food, hires Iurie to help him in the fields. Iure is a Moldavian wrestling fighter, but in order to earn a living he has to work in whatever it comes. Slowly, their personal histories intertwine with those of three solitary women: Maria, an elder that has to leave the country house where she has always lived to join a retirement home; Rose, a nurse from Philippines who just arrived into the country; and Maribel, a prostitute that has less and less clients. The destinies of all these characters become entwined as the summer goes on. The Plague is a film of intertwining stories, that offers a moving portrait of life in the outskirts of Barcelona. The main characters are not actors. They play as themselves after four years of working with the director. This long process has permitted Ballús to reveal the uncertainty and the rebel spirit that underlies contemporary crisis-hit Spain.

A languorous docudrama set in the scorching distant suburbs of Barcelona, writer-director Neus Ballus' The Plague (La Plaga) follows a handful of real-life characters as they toil their way through one long, hot summer of strife and disillusion. Featuring textured realistic imagery and atmospheric sound work, the film is nonetheless too much of a narrative slog to captivate for feature length, and should remain quarantined in festivals after premiering in Berlin's Forum section.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 06 May, 2014.

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