Pretexts ( Pretextos ) ( Pre texts )

Pretexts (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Pretextos
Alternate Title: Pre texts
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Butaca Awards
Malaga Spanish Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

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

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

Running Time:
90 min + 30 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

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

Movie filmed in 2008 and produced in:
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Silvia Munt

Written By:
Silvia Munt
Eva Baeza

Actors:
Silvia Munt ..... Viena
Laia Marull ..... Eva
Ramon Madaula ..... Daniel
Rosa Albiol ..... Regidora
Manuel Alexandre ..... Claudio
María José Alfonso ..... Madre Viena
Óscar Amate ..... Chico 2
Núria Badia ..... Chica 1
Paca Barrera ..... Locutora
Susana Bas ..... Chica 2
Alex Brendemühl ..... Rodolfo
Manuel Bronchud ..... Sr. Martí
Isabel Carrillo ..... Dolores
Itziar Castro ..... Enfermera
Laura Cepeda ..... Mujer 1

Synopsis:

Runs two narratives side by side--one set in a geriatric hospital, and the other a study of a marriage in crisis.

Drama. Theatre director Viena is working on a play called 'Pretexts'. Daniel, her husband, is a doctor in a geriatric hospital, where Eva works as a devoted nurse. Two parallel stories explore existential themes also prominent in Viena's play.

Viena, a stage director, and Daniel, a geriatrician, are experiencing a crisis in their marriage. They love each other, but they often can't stand each other. Both are dependent on their work, but have no understanding for each other's professional commitments. Their worlds are different, as are their needs. Or are they? We're all searching for the same thing. Viena is getting ready for the premiere of a play which examines the dichotomy of duty and desire, and reality and fiction. Her leading actor is also a close partner, both on and off the stage. Daniel's profession is less stressful and anchored more in reality. His daily routine involves brief conversations with Eva who lives only in the real world, a world of responsibilities, night shifts and dedication towards her sick elderly patients. Committed to ease human suffering, she has no room in her life for her own desires. Only Lucas, Daniel's son from his first marriage, obsessed with recording sounds and furtive hunter of random conversations, knows her great secret&

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 26 September, 2011.

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