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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fate,film on film,famous producer,life in cinema,auteur cinema,Naomi Kawase,Apichatpong Weerasethakul,Pedro Costa,Manoel de Oliveira,biopic,Machu Picchu,family,catalan studies,catalan language,catala,catalonia,catalunya,cataluña,valencia,balearic islands,roussillon,andorra,alghero,‎catalan countries,països catalans,cinema studies,film studies,cinema,film,movies,motion pictures,film history,film production,film criticism,cinema history,cinema production,cinema criticism,movie history,movie production,movie criticism,history of cinema,history of film,iberian studies,iberian peninsula,mediterranean,andorra,spain,andorra studies,spanish studies,portuguese studies,portugal,biography,autobiography,biopic,memoir,life history,bio,biographer,biographical,personal account,personal history,diary,personal narrative,sketch,profile,personal letters,letters,journal,personal record,communications,journalism,news,information,media,new media,newspaper,newspaper,blogs,news site,news app,pulling string,gathering string,reporting,fourth estate,news media,journalists,journalist,reporters,reporter,culture,identity,identity politics,culture wars,left wing,right wing,intersectionality,identity groups,civilization,literacy,humanism,cancel culture,online culture,cultural revolution,cultural diffusion,culture shock,popular culture,pop culture,material culture,cultural capital,cultural assimilation ,dance,performing arts,dramatics,music,musical theatre,musical theater,entertainment,performance,performer,performers,dancer,dancers,dancing,musical,pageantry,scenes,live performance,recorded performance,choreography,movement,choreographer,Luís Miñarro,Pedro Costa,Apichatpong Weerasethakul,Ramón García López,Núria Pérez de Lara,Alicia García Rodríguez,Isabel Rodríguez Fernández,Montse Pedrós,Camino incierto; "Uncertain Journey"; Pragda Films
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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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