Good Night, Spain

Good Night, Spain

2011 · 70 min · ★ 4.8 · Science Fiction, Drama

In another lifetime, a Spanish couple takes drugs and teleports through their television set. A troubled young man travels through the countryside and meets a lost woman. During the trip, they discover a museum housing the expatriated paintings of the most important Filipino artist of the revolution. Eventually, the Spanish couple disappears toward their colony. Inspired by one of the earliest teleportation accounts, which happened between the Philippines and Mexico during the colonial period.

Directed by Raya Martin · Written by Raya Martin

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