Flying ( Volar ) ( Fly )

Flying (DVD) (*)

~~$20.99~~ $14.97

Original Title: Volar
Alternate Title: Fly
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

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

Running Time:
84 min + 48 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2012 and produced in:
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Carla Subirana

Written By:
Carla Subirana

Actors:
Carla Subirana

Synopsis:

With no intention of being extravagant, we could say Flying is much more than a documentary about the everyday life of a flying school in the Spanish army. It can be regarded as a sort of strange coming-of-age story in which a group of boys and girls chooses to take a distance from the world's noise and seclude themselves for a while in the San Javier General Airborn Academy in Murcia, a singular limbo where young cadets enter and cut any contact with their friends, families, and love partners for a few weeks. Subirana films the interior of the academy (unprecedented in the history of Spanish cinema) with fascination and a certain reserve, with no implicit criticism or wish for controversy. She only shows a training facility where the motto 'Per aspera ad astra' (Through the rough path to the stars) remains unruffled, and where theory lessons assume the possibility of casualties as a common work factor. A place where, apart from discipline and ranks, the prevailing element is the fascination for taking off and abandoning for a few hours any contact with the ground.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 29 April, 2015.