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Anticlimax
The story is born from the roller coaster of emotions that comes with leaving a person with those you have shared for many years of your life.
SYNOPSIS
Jaime and Rocío, now in their fifties, got married in their twenties. Their life has settled into a routine and they have a lot of passion because the husband disappeared. But they never talk about it openly, they have never been able to face reality.
A night that seems like she’s still there, she’s still asleep and enjoying the sun. Rocío dreams that she is young again and that she meets a very attractive boy with whom she has sex in a censor. Jaime’s love is pure nostalgia: the summer of 1992, just the same day he met Rocío. It so happens that the two begin to talk in their sleep. This causes each one to unconsciously perceive the other’s phrases and the integrity in their own dream.
As a result, both appear with their current age and appearance in the other’s dream, altering them for better or worse. The climax will come in the subconscious of both, when their respective dreams merge into one, on the beautiful beach next to a lighthouse where they kissed for the first time. Then they will have to face that harsh reality, the truth that they are not able to face while awake. The anticlimax will come upon waking up, when the lighthouse becomes an alarm clock and Rocío and Jaime must open their eyes once and for all to never be the same again.
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With the aid of Indeser
Co-producers Indeser, Tino Fernández, María Ángeles Estrella, Roberto Valle, Amaia Calvo
Portuguese Unit productor Pedro Domingo, productora delegada Celine Fernandes, gerente de producción Ana Guimarães
Production Manager Pilar Sancho
Unit Production Manager Bea Cabrera
Assistant Director Óscar Mora
Steadicam Isaías J. Saldaña
1st Assistant Camera Leila García- Blanco
2nd Assistant Camera Víctor Portaleza
Data Wrangler Jose Antonio Crespillo y Manuela Martín Gutiérrez
Script Supervisor Marcos Fuentes
Gaffer Pablo Eguizábal
Electrics Raquel Azorín y Andrea Venegas
Grips Imanol Martínez y Ariel Suárez
Production Designer Juan Carlos Bilbao
Art assistant María Sánchez
Decorators Valentina Prats y Amanda Sánchez
Sound Design Daniel Álvarez, Silente Studio
Wardrobe Laura Arrabal
Hair and Make Up Marina Hernández
Hair and Make Up Assistants Patricia Núñez, Magda Martorell, Chenoa Martínez
Edited by Néstor López
Colorist Rober González
VFX on set (Portugal) Inés Vila
VFX Artist Francisco García y Juan Carlos Mostaza
Still photography Paulo Duarte
Production Assistants Javier Serrano
PAs Marta Tafalla, Francia Romero, Mariana Fernández, Luisa Alvão (Portugal)
Production Trainees Aurora Mellado, Olivia Gutiérrez y Marcelo Guerreiro (Portugal),
Driver (Portugal) Valter Fernandes
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS:
Biznaga de plata (Festival de Málaga)
Mejor corto de Castilla y León (Semana de Cine de Medina del Campo)
Mejor fotografía (Semana de Cine de Medina del Campo)
Candidato a Premio Goya
Official Selections:
- FRAME Film Festival 2024
- Festival Aguilar de Campoo – Castilla y León 2023
- Semana del Cortometraje de Arganzuela 2023
- Festival de Cine de Zaragoza – Cortos 2023
- Festival de Cine de Zaragoza – Cortos 2023
- Festival Paracuellos del Jarama 2023
- Festival Cortogenial – Puente Genil 2023
- Festival De Cine De Granada Premios Lorca – Corto 2023
- Magma – Mostra di Cinema Breve 2023
- The Cecil County Independent Film Festival – Estados Unidos 2023
- Festival de Cortos Villa de La Orotava 2023
- Moralcine Festival de Cortometrajes – Moralzarzal 2023
- Festival Fenavid – Cortos 2023
- Festival de San Martin del Rey Aurelio – CineSan 2023
- Festival de Cortos de Talavera de la Reina – Pavez 2023
- Festival Cine Castilla la Mancha FECICAM Cortos 2023
- Festival de Cine de Navarra 2023
- Semana de Cine de Lugo – Cortos 2023
- Certamen de Creación Audiovisual de Cabra 2023
- Festival de cine Zamora Enamora – Cortos 2023
- Festival de Cine de Madrid FCM-PNR – Cortos 2023
- Festival de Cine en Huerta de Rey – Ponme un Corto 2023
- Certamen Nacional de Cortos – Astorga 2023
- Festival Cine Pequeño de Aspe – Valencianos 2023
- Festival de Cortos del Órbigo – Luna de Cortos 2023
- Certamen de Cortometrajes de Crevillent 2023
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Sax – FICS 2023
- Festival de Cortometrajes Fascurt El Masnou 2023
- Islantilla Cineforum – Cortos 2023
- Festival Huellas 2023 Francia
- Festival Internacional de Cinema de Vila-real 2023
- Skyline Film Festival 2023
- Festival de Cine Español de Málaga – Cortos 2023
- Semana de Cine de Medina del Campo 2023
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Néstor López y Óscar Romero han codirigido tres cortometrajes conjuntamente. Alina (2021) fue seleccionado en Medina del Campo, Cerdanya y Madrid, entre otros. Ellos (2022) con Bárbara Santa-Cruz y Cristóbal Suarez, fue producido por Malvalanda, estando presente en festivales calificadores al Goya como Zaragoza, Alicante o Vila-Seca. Ganó el NYC Short Film Festival y Dama Cortos 2021. Su último cortometraje es Anticlímax (2023), protagonizado por Manolo Solo y Belén López, que se estrena en Medina del Campo y el Festival de Málaga, coproducción internacional España y Portugal. Como productor, Néstor López recibió dos nominaciones a los Premios Goya, ganando a Mejor Corto Documental en 2022 por «Mama». Óscar Romero ha obtenido varios premios y reconocimientos como guionista (Premio ULL, Dama Cortos o Semana del Corto de Madrid).
