Guests Always Return

(Los invitados siempre vuelven)
Diego Sabanés | Drama, Fiction

2017 | 21 minutes | Spain

Laura and Miguel are a perfect couple. Who wouldn’t want to live in their house?

Family Gender + Sexuality Studies Short Films Iberian Studies
Synopsis

Laura and Miguel have just moved to the Basque Country. This afternoon she has a job interview. She wants to celebrate it, but as her husband is leaving the gym where he plays tennis he has a mishap. A young man who works there offers Miguel a ride in his truck. They invite him to dinner to say thank you, little do they know this visit would reveal that things at home aren't as idyllic as they seem.

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Main credits

Sabanés, Diego (film director)
Sabanés, Diego (screenwriter)
Romero, Virginia (film producer)
Gaude, Nicolás (actor)
Lorente, Alejandra (actor)
Reyes, Román (actor)

Other credits

Cinematography, Oriol Bosch Castellet; editing, Alberto Ponce; music, Pedro Navazo García.


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family,kin,fellowship,household,immediate family,extended family,multigenerational family,multigenerational household,kinfolk,family tree,genealogy,nuclear family,modern family,family tree,gender,sexuality,gender roles,gender identity,sexual orientation,gender equality,gender pronouns,gender studies,gender spectrum,gender norms,gender roles,gender stereotypes,sexual selection,sexualization,sexual awakening,puberty,pubescence,short films,short film,short,non-feature,run time,short run time,running time,short running time,live-action short,documentary short,animated short,live-action short film,documentary short film,animated short film,iberian studies,iberian peninsula,mediterranean,andorra,spain,portugal,andorra studies,spanish studies,portuguese studies; "Guests Always Return"; Pragda Films
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Festivals

CinEuphoria - Best Actor in a Short: Nicolás Gaude; Libelula Dorada Short Film Festival - Best Music: Pedro Navazo García, Best Screenplay: Diego Sabanés, Honorable Mention, Best Spanish-Speaking Fiction Short Film, Best Editing: Alberto Ponce, Best Actress: Alejandra Lorente; Short Film Week of the Community of Madrid - Madrid Short Film Award; Interpretation Actors Union Award: Nicolás Gaude

DIRECTOR: Diego Sabanés

NATIONALITY: Spain

YEAR: 2017

GENRE: Drama, Fiction

LANGUAGE: Spanish

COLOR / B&W: Color

GRADE LEVEL: High School, College, Adult

SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE

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