El agua
The Water
Switzerland / Spain / France, May 2022
FILM,
Fiction,
104 min.
- directed by
- Elena López Riera
- Written by
- Elena López Riera, Philippe Azoury
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- https://www.alinafilm.com/elagua
It is summer in a small village in south-eastern Spain. A storm threatens to cause the river that runs through it to overflow again. A popular old belief claims that some women are predestined to disappear with each new flood, because they have the “water inside”. A band of young people is trying to overcome the weariness of a summer in the village that smells of death by smoking, dancing, and lusting after each other. In this electric atmosphere that precedes the storm, Ana and José live a love affair until the storm bursts.
credits
- World Premiere
- May 2022
- Original Version
- Spanish, colour, DCP, 104 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0005-7E75-0000-1-0000-0000-Y
- Production
- Alina film, SUICAfilms, Les Films du Worso, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
- Producer
- Eugenia Mumenthaler, David Epiney
- directed by
- Elena López Riera
- Written by
- Elena López Riera, Philippe Azoury
- Cinematography
- Giuseppe Truppi
- Editing
- Raphaël Lefèvre
- Location Sound Mix
- Carlos Ibañez Diaz
- Re-Recording Mix
- Denis Séchaud
- Music
- Mandine Knoepfel
- Production Design
- Miguel Angel Rebollo
- Lighting Design
- Silvia Fafa Fierz
- Costumes
- Nuria Pascual-Andujar
- Make up
- Katrine Zingg
Cast
Luna Pamies
Bárbara Lennie
Alberto Olmo
Nieve de Medina
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Elle Driver
Worldwide Distribution
- France
-
Les Films du Losange
Distribution
Release date: 01.03.2023 - Spain
-
Filmin
Distribution
Release date: 04.11.2022 - Switzerland
-
Cineworx GmbH
Distribution
Release date: 01.03.2023
Awards
(a selection)
-
Madrid, Los Goya de Cinema,
Best New Director
2023
(Nomination)
Elena López Riera - Genève, Swiss Film Award, Best Feature Film 2023 (Nomination)
-
Genève, Swiss Film Award,
Best Film Editing
2023
(Nomination)
Raphaël Lefèvre
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Nyon, 29e Visions du Réel Festival international de cinéma Nyon
21.04.2023 - 30.04.2023 -
Istanbul, 42nd Istanbul International Film Festival
08.04.2023 - 19.04.2023 -
Solothurn, 58. Solothurner Filmtage
18.01.2023 - 25.01.2023 -
Les Arcs, 14e Les Arcs Film Festival
10.12.2022 - 17.12.2022 -
Gijon, 60° Festival internacional de Cine de Gijon
11.11.2022 - 19.11.2022 -
Stockholm, 33rd Stockholm International Film Festival
10.11.2022 - 21.11.2022 -
Tokyo, 35th Tokyo International Film Festival
24.10.2022 - 02.11.2022 -
Valladolid, 67. Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid
22.10.2022 - 29.10.2022 -
Sao Paulo, 46a Mostra Internacional del Cinema de Sao Paulo
20.10.2022 - 02.11.2022 -
Valdivia, 29° Festival international de cine de Valdivia (Ficvaldivia)
10.10.2022 - 16.10.2022
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Mexico City, 6th Black Canvas Contemporary Film Festival
30.09.2022 - 09.10.2022 -
Zurich, 18. Zurich Film Festival
22.09.2022 - 02.10.2022 -
San Sebastian, 70. San Sebastián International Film Festival
16.09.2022 - 24.09.2022 -
Toronto, 47th Toronto International Film Festival
08.09.2022 - 18.09.2022 -
Melbourne, 71st Melbourne International Film Festival
04.08.2022 - 21.08.2022 -
Wroclaw, 22nd New Horizons International Film Festival Wroclaw
21.07.2022 - 31.07.2022 -
Marseille, 33e FID Festival international de cinéma Marseille
05.07.2022 - 11.07.2022 -
Cannes, 54e Quinzaine des Réalisateurs Cannes
18.05.2022 - 27.05.2022