Uncertain Journey

(Camino incierto)
Pablo García Pérez de Lara | Documentary

2020 | 102 minutes | Spain

Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Pedro Costa, Manoel de Oliveira, Luis Miñarro, and Pablo García Pérez de Lara share images, sounds, and words as they walk the line where life meets film.

Catalan Studies Iberian Studies Cinema Studies Biography Communication + Journalism Culture + Identity Dance + Performing Arts
Synopsis

Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Pedro Costa, Manoel de Oliveira, Luis Miñarro, and Pablo García Pérez de Lara share images, sounds, and words as they walk the fine line where life meets film, offering diverse perspectives within this cinematic threshold.

The end of the “Eddie Saeta” art-house production company, founded by Luís Miñarro, in 2015, is the starting point of this documentary. Director Pablo García Pérez de Lara records this moment, while also looking at himself, his personal trajectory, and his career as a filmmaker.

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Main credits

García Pérez de Lara, Pablo (film director)
García Pérez de Lara, Pablo (screenwriter)
Miñarro, Luís (on-screen participant)
Apichatpong Weerasethakul (on-screen participant)

Other credits

Music, Dio Feito Agudo, Toti Soler.


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Festivals

Buenos Aires International Documentary Film Festival - KABINETT Award; L';Alternativa Barcelona Independent Film Festival - Special Sessions; ABYCINE Albacete Independent Film Festival - Abycine Lanza - World Premiere; Buenos Aires International Documentary Film Festival; Málaga International Film Festival

DIRECTOR: Pablo García Pérez de Lara

NATIONALITY: Spain

YEAR: 2020

GENRE: Documentary

LANGUAGE: Spanish; Catalan; English; Portuguese; Other languages; Japanese; Thai

COLOR / B&W: Color

GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School, College, Adult

SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE

AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE

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