Javier Recio Gracia, Spain, 2009, 35mm, 8'

lun 13 sett, h. 20.45, Parco Sempione - Piazza Grande

Regista/Director: Javier Recio Gracia
Titolo Inglese/English title: The lady and the Reaper
Paese/Country: Spain
Anno/Year: 2009
Formato/Format: 35mm
Durata/Running Time: 8'
Produzione/Production: Kandor Moon
Produttore/Producer Lise: Marcelino Almansa, Antonio Banderas
Sceneggiatura/Screenplay: Javier Recio Gracia
Montaggio/Editing: Claudio Hernandez
Fotografia/Cinematography: Javier Fernandez, Pepe Cazorla
Sound Editor: Federico Pajaro
Musica/Music: Sergio De La Puente
beth Davidtz, Edie Falco, Elias Koteas, Rachel Resheff
Distribuzione/Distribution: Premium Film

Una vecchietta non vede l'ora di morire per raggiungere il marito. Dovrà superare l'accanimento terapeutico di un aitante chirurgo pronto a tutto pur di sottrarla alla morte.

An old woman cannot wait to die to join her husband. She will have to overcome the therapeutic obstinacy of an assistant surgeon ready to do anything to save her from death.Drawing is evoking, plunging into the memory of your experiences, letting yourself be swallowed up by the waves of memory until you almost drown, to surface again bringing the act of creation to the light.

"This short film tells the frenetic fight between a doctor and death itself, both determined to get the old lady's soul, with jazz rhythm and clear references to the animation classics. How long do we want to extend life? Who are we to deny death to someone who has naturally arrived to its end? We would like to talk, in a pleasant and objective way, about the right for dying with dignity, letting the audience to get their own conclusions".