Spanish director Neus Ballús depicts the complex relationships that exist between tourists and the locals whose lives are dependent on them in her detailed, brilliant portrait that addresses topics such as package tours, sex tourism and cultural appropriation. The fact that Marta seems to need Khouma’s camera viewfinder to really see her surroundings would also appear to epitomise an entire generation.
With
- Elena Andrada (Marta)
- Sergi López (Manel)
- Diomaye A. Ngom (Khouma)
- Ian Samsó (Bruno)
- Madeleine C. Ndong (Aissatou)
- Margi Andújar (Anne Marie)
Crew
Director | Neus Ballús |
Screenplay | Neus Ballús, Pau Subirós |
Cinematography | Diego Dussuel |
Editing | Neus Ballús |
Music | Isabel Latorre |
Sound Design | Albert Manera |
Sound | Amanda Villavieja |
Production Design | Uxua Castelló |
Costumes | Giovanna Ribes |
Make-Up | Michel Vautier |
Casting | Mireia Salgado, Gora Seck, Déborah Borque, Anna González |
Assistant Director | Tigrane Avédikian |
Production Manager | Sergio Gil |
Executive Producer | Edmon Roch |
Producers | Edmon Roch, Pau Subirós, Cristóbal García, Javier Ugarte, Lina Badenes |
Co-Producer | Michel Klein |
Co-Production | Les Films Hatari Paris |
World sales
Film Factory Entertainment
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Produced by
La Terraza Films
Turanga Films
Neus Ballús
Born in Mollet del Vallès, Spain in 1980, she studied audiovisual communication and documentary filmmaking at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. After directing several short films, she made her feature-length debut in 2013 with La plaga (The Plague). The film screened at the Berlinale Forum and won four Gaudí Awards.
Filmography
2005 L'avi de la càmera (The Grandad with a Movie Camera); short film 2006 La Gabi; short film 2007 Xip xap; short film 2008 Pepitu Ricu; short film 2009 Immersió (Immersion); short film 2013 La plaga (The Plague); Forum
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2019