Gonella Productions

LANGUAGES: Spanish | SUBTITLES: English

Genre: Comedy
Running Time: 24 min
Year of production: 2016

SYNOPSIS

Angelina and Marialuisa are two old ladies (75, 80) who live in a house that is not in good condition, where they give ballet and piano lessons. Tired of the life they have lived, their only dream is to die in peace and be buried in a luxurious pantheon; the idea of being thrown into a common grave terrifies them.

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Production Company: El Gato Rojo
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions

CAST

PAULA ALÍ ---- Angelina
VERÓNICA LYNN ---- Maria Luisa
PANCHO GARCÍA ---- Dopico

MAIN CREDITS

Director: Adrian Garcia Gonzalez
Screenwriter: Adrian Garcia Gonzalez
Producer: Helena Rodriguez
Director of Photography: Javier Labrador
Sound: Damian Rubiera
Editing: Joanna Montero
Sound Editing: Damian Rubiera
Music Composer: Jan Cruz

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Genre: Comedy
Sub-genre: Dark Comedy
Language: Spanish
Country of origin: Cuba
Year of production: 2016
Total running time: 24 min
Shooting format: Video 4K
Color type: Color
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Sound format: Stereo

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS

Habana Film Festival (Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano)
Gibara International Film Festival
Montecatini International Short Film Festival

BIOGRAPHY OF THE DIRECTOR

Adrian Garcia Gonzalez. Havana, Cuba. (Dec. 1978)
Began his work as an editing assistant at the Cuban Institute of Art and Cinematographic Industry (ICAIC) in 2002, in the Fabricio Aguilar’s Peruvian film Paloma de Papel.
Worked on several documentaries, such as Luis Leonel Leon’s Coro de Ciudades (2006), and Jeffrey Puente’s 72 hours (2007).
Began as an editor of fiction feature films with Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti’s Chamaco (2010), and later on Crematorio (2013), Contigo Pan y Cebolla (2014), and Semen (2016).
Also edited the feature films Casa Vieja (2010), Fabula (2011) and more recently Ya no es Antes (2016) from director Lester Hamlet.
Before Rigor Mortis (2016) is his first work as a director.