Director
Pablo Berger
Starring
Maribel Verdú, Antonio de la Torre, José Mota, José María Pou
Run Time
96 mins
Release Year
2017
Country of Origin
Spain, France, Belgium
Language
Spanish
Director of Photography: Kiko de la Rica
Editor: David Gallart
Produced by: Ibon Cormenzana, Jérôme Vidal, Ignasi Estapé, Pablo Berger, Mikel Lejarza, Mercedes Gamero
Screenplay by: Pablo Berger
Production Designer: Alain Bainée
Sound Production: Fabiola Ordoyo
Director Bio
Pablo Berger
P&I - Director Bio
Pablo Berger’s short film Mamá won him a grant to study filmmaking at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. His first feature film, Torremolinos 73, achieved success in numerous international festivals. Blancanieves, shot in black-and-white as a silent film, earned 10 Goya Awards, including Best Film. Berger has taught directing at the New York Film Academy, Cambridge, Princeton and Yale.
Abracadabra
Director Pablo Berger’s follow-up to the brilliant Blancanieves (2012) (also screening in this strand) is a dark comedy / wild fantasy featuring endearing performances from stars Maribel Verdú (Blancanieves) and Antonio de la Torre (The Last Circus, Marshland, The Fury of a Patient Man). With both Blancanieves and Abracadabra shortlisted as potential Spanish submissions to the Academy Awards®, Berger, a much-loved guest at the 57th EIFF, is rapidly becoming one of Spain’s most celebrated directors. [15]
‘A brightly colored, eye-catching dark comedy.’
– The Hollywood Reporter
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