Archive of films Today, the Same Day Is Different / Hoy el día se repite diferente

Spain
2007, 102 min

Section: Documentary Films - Competition
Year: 2008

In this formally diverse, at times visually stunning portrait, immersed in an excellent soundtrack by Micka Luna, we glimpse into the inner world of Toni, a highly intelligent, well-travelled drug addict with a unique life philosophy. A 49-year-old man who, after 30 years on heroin, only has six months left to live.

Synopsis

“You don’t decide to be an addict. One morning you wake up sick and you’re an addict,” writes William S. Burroughs in his cult book Junkie, from which Spanish directors Xavier Baig and Òscar Moreno borrowed the motto for their film. Their main character is Toni, a 49-year-old addict. After thirty years on heroin, he has to get up during the night every two hours to inhale oxygen, otherwise he’d suffocate. Then immediately after inhaling, he lights up a joint, otherwise he wouldn’t get back to sleep again. He knows that the drugs are slowly killing him, but he just can’t resist them. In this formally diverse, at times visually stunning portrait, immersed in an excellent soundtrack by Micka Luna, we glimpse into the inner world of Toni, a highly intelligent, well-travelled man with a unique life philosophy. A gravely ill man whose only love in life, apart from drugs, is his dog. A man who only has six months left to live.

About the director

Director, cameraman and editor Xavier Baig (1975) has a number of projects to his name that he has filmed on video either on his own or in collaboration with Òscar Moreno. Among them are experimental films, travelogues, short fiction films and documentaries. He has also worked on the short films and music videos of other artists as a cameraman and editor. His filmography includes: My Violence Is a Dream, Cíclic, Ambiente introspectivo, Recuerdos cinemáticos, Dos orillas. Òscar Moreno (1975), director and editor, has worked as an assistant cameraman and cameraman on television shows for the station TVE Catalonia and on short fiction films. He has created a number of music videos and behind the scenes films. His filmography includes: My Violence Is a Dream, Don alguien, Supermarket Woman, Horta Nights. Together with X. Baig he founded the company Rec videoproduccions.

Contacts

Rec videoproduccions
Pl. Soler i Gustems, 19, 1er Interior, 08800, Vilanova i la Geltru (Barcelona)
Spain
Tel: +34 938 140 918
E-mail: [email protected]

Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales
Plaza del Rey 1, 28004, Madrid
Spain
Tel: +34 917 017 000, +34 917 017 259
Fax: +34 917 017 394
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.icaa.es

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About the film

Color, DIGIBETA

Section:	Documentary Films - Competition

Director:	Xavier Baig, Òscar Moreno
Screenplay:	Òscar Moreno, Xavier Baig
Dir. of Photography:	Xavier Baig
Music:	Micka Luna
Editor:	Xavier Baig, Òscar Moreno
Producer:	Xavier Baig, Òscar Moreno
Production:	Rec videoproduccions
Contact:	Rec videoproduccions, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales

www:	www.hoyeldiaserepitediferente.com

Guests

Xavier Baig

Film Director / Producer

Òscar Moreno

Film Director / Producer

Manuel Llamas

Film Institution Rep.

Claudi Niubo

Festival Consultant

David Vilella

Film Crew