Los Herederos

Plot

Mario, a boy recently arrived from Argentina, is completely helpless in the north of Spain when his father dies a few months after arriving. With the help of Nina, a girl trapped in the boredom of her daily life, they decide to escape and go to Granada in order to bury the ashes of his father in the land of Lorca, his favorite author.

Two kids

The sudden death of his father makes Mario rethink his life and mature before his time. Despite what happened, he feels that he must maintain the freedom and energy with which they lived before.

On the other hand, Nina lives with her father away from society and the arrival of Mario gives her the chance to live adventures after the separation of his parents.

On the journey they will live their last moments of childhood while they will approach one of the biggest wounds in Spain.

Three places

The film takes place through three landscapes, a journey from the north to the south of Spain:

The exceptional nature of Cantabria is dominated by the color green that evokes an imaginary where fable and bucolic emotion are combined.

In the urban environment of Madrid, the main characters see the ideal representation that they have of the cosmopolitan world. It is precisely this eagerness that makes them enter into dissonance with the accelerated and functional way of the city. Enthusiasm easily turns into nostalgia.

The path to the south is also the approach of the sunset, the end of a journey that began in exuberance and ends in dust. That same erosion of the land, which results in a desert, is what Nina and Mario feel.

About us

Three friends that met while studying Audiovisual Communication at UPF.

Joan García i Nogueras • Writer and director

Editor of the short film Always look on the bright side of life (2015) and co-writer of Primeros Besos (2017). Production assistant in the film 7 razones para huir (de la sociedad) (postproduction).

Àlex Hermoso Rivas • Guión y dirección

Producer of the short film Primeros Besos (2017), shot in 16mm and starring Núria Prims and Max Megías. Sports editor in an internship agreement at RAC1 during the 2017-18 academic year.

Tomás Longato Arnedo • Guión y dirección

Co-director of Primeros Besos (2017), which has been selected in multiple film festivals such as Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival, Benevento Cinema e Televisione and the Festival Cinema Jove de València. Assistant editor in the next project of Carlos Marqués-Marcet (postproduction).

The Team

Marta Duran • Producer

Adrià Saiz • Cinematography

Agustín Baldassarre • Sound and music(@balda_music)

Andrea Girós • Art

Aurora D'Errico • Costume design and still photography

Carla Tejada • Production assistant

Calendar

We have been working on the project for a year and this is how the main processes of the film are organized:

• Cantabria shoot: July 2018
• Madrid shoot: August 2018
• Granada shoot: September 2018
• Postproduction: September - December 2018
• Delivery of rewards: November 2018

Contributions

Who helps us

This began as the final project for our degree and that is why we can enjoy the advice and support of professionals such as:

Jonás Trueba • Director of Los exiliados románticos (2015) and La reconquista (2016).

Javier Rebollo • Director of La mujer sin piano (2009) and El muerto y ser feliz (2012).

Carla Simón • Director of Estiu 1993 (2017).

Through the multiple phases of development, we are also accompanied by:

Sergi Moreno • Producer in Lastor Media with films such as 10.000 km (2014) and Júlia ist (2017).

Jordi Balló • Teacher at UPF, producer and cultural manager.

Carolina Sourdis • PhD in Communication and coordinator of UPF projects.

Social networks

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