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25 Carat

Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now! 2009 / 25 kilates / Spain 2008

Kay is a car thief whose father is involved in bigger scams that, to her despair, almost always go wrong. She catches the eye of a boxer-turned-debt collector, who recognizes in her a good woman who’s been forced into criminality against her will, and so saves her from an encounter with the cops.

25 Carat

Synopsis

As down-to-earth, wiry and taut as the ex-boxer it features, this Spanish thriller plays by the rules while bringing enough verve and freshness to its gallery of characters to remind us that the rules are there for a reason. A first-class cast infuses this breathless yarn of life in Barcelona’s underbelly with a credibility it rarely loses: Aida Folch plays a car thief whose father (Manuel Moron) is involved in bigger scams that, to her despair, almost always go wrong. She catches the eye of onetime pugilist Abel (Francesc Garrido), who’s struggling to raise a son of his own and recognizes in her a good woman who’s been forced into criminality against her will. The plot twists and doubles back as the stakes rise, each scene turning the screws a little tighter, while leaving enough space to explore the film’s twin father-child relationships.

About the film

86 min / Color, 35 mm

Director Patxi Amezcua / Screenplay Patxi Amezcua / Dir. of Photography Sergi Gallardo / Music Francis Amat / Editor Lucas Nolla / Producer José Nolla, Quique Camín / Production Ovideo / Cast Francesc Garrido, Aida Folch, Manuel Morón, Joan Massotkleiner, Héctor Colomé / Contact Ovideo, Imagina International Sales
www: www.25kilates.es

Contacts

Ovideo
Avda. Tibidabo 49, 08035, Barcelona
Spain
Phone: +34 93 253 0320
Fax: +34 93 212 0029
E-mail: [email protected]

Imagina International Sales
Ctra. Fuencarral-Alcobendas, km. 12, 450, 28049, Madrid
Spain
Phone: +34 91 728 5742
Fax: +34 91 728 5739
E-mail: [email protected]

Guests

Angela Bosch Rius
Distributor

Patxi Amezcua
Film Director

Rodolphe Sanze
Sales Agent

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