And So the Night Fell

One night. One city. Madrid. Five conversations. Nine characters. They tell personal stories, invented stories, also an old story that goes on from conversation to conversation, a story from an old Japanese film.

Miguel travels to Pontevedra, his hometown, with the request of serching for some locations for a movie. His trip takes him back to the place where he grew up, meeting up with some old friends, but also leads him to the possibility of a new relationship: Alicia, a young nurse who will get to calm him down. Miguel will try to finish his work even though he mostly prefers to film the natives he meets, the movements and faces of his friends, the trains coming or the sea. A journey around the uprooting (the cinema) and love.

María has a steady job and a quiet life, but her father’s death forces her to examine her feelings. Juan, with whom she has had an affair, is a musician and music teacher. After a series of meetings and arguments, they will share a moment of understanding and honesty.

In Vigo, Spain, during Christmas, Ángel, a Spanish filmmaker, walks through the crowded streets while thinking about a possible movie made of…

Alicia is twenty-five years old. Alicia does stuff. Alicia is boring herself… that’s what she believes.

Beto, a retired soccer player, returns to his city to start a routine job. He stays in a family apartment with his niece Elisa, focused on the preparation of some oppositions. Throughout a day, the story follows her wandering through the streets, in contrast to her daily routine. At the end and at the end of the day both share memories and silences.

As night falls, Andrea records a message for Pablo, whom she hasn't seen for months, like a long letter or a 21st-century novel.

L. is a seventeen girl. This is the last afternoon of her summer holidays at the coast, so she grabs her bike to go and see C., a boy she met throughout the summer. The two of them had planned to spend their last afternoon by the beach, but a walk over town and a few casual encounters will make an impact on L.

A. faces his doubts and fears in three stages.

In the form of a filmed diary, the director takes notes of the impressions and intentions for his upcoming feature film Two Pieces/Eva.

Angel Santos (Las altas presiones) talks about UFO sightings in San Sadurniño through the images of Bardaos roads, some vanishing points that are lost in the infinite.