El espectro político

In Spain, a poor country ruined by the recent Civil War (1936-39), and in the midst of Franco's dictatorship, a film school was created in Madrid in 1947, which became, almost unintentionally, a space of freedom and pure experimentation until its closure in 1976.

Vito, Luis and Francesco are three Spanish friends around thirty who travel by van to Paris for no apparent reason, just looking for a reunion with their respective ancient, idyllic and yet ephemeral love affairs, perhaps with the only mission of surprising themselves and continue to still feel alive.

Follows two friends, Juan and David, they will find themselves on a rooftop terrace after an intense party in Madrid. Juan witnesses David falling to the void, and his body disintegrating into ceramic pieces after hitting a car.

Back to the Future, Spain 1982: at a euphoric party, young people celebrate the election victory of the Socialist Party. López Carrasco stages the past with stunning precision and shows the future as a surprising result: well, the present.

In every attempt at subversion, there are two moments: the one just before, when everyone doubts and no one knows how to hide fear, and the one just after, when all that remains is to run and find a safe place, maybe in memory.

“Two men and a woman meet as a matter of urgency to discuss a subject they consider transcendental to them. However, the order of the session does not occur as it should. The cinematographic montage takes over the story and transforms the meeting into a circumstantial dialogue.”