When Benito Lacunza, a 30-something-year-old drunken waster who gets by as he can in Madrid, is obliged to return to his native Estella for a few days, he discovers that his kind-hearted, almost mystical brother Lalo, intends to marry Nines, a single mother with a rough background. Although Benito resolves to scupper the wedding, his plans bite the dust on meeting Nines’ daughter, Ainara, a borderline autistic child with whom he strikes up an unusual friendship.
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| Félix Viscarret |
| Pamplona, 1975. He is one of the best known Spanish short film directors. Having studied Film Directing at the William Paterson University in New Jersey, he directed the short film Dreamers (1998), winner of a Special Jury Mention in the Panorama section at Berlin Festival and other awards at different festivals. Canciones de invierno, Los que sueñan despiertos and El álbum blanco have also garnered prizes at different festivals. Bajo las estrellas is his first feature film. |
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