Set in Extremadura, south-west Spain, “Nights Gone By” marks the debut feature of Switzerland-based, Madrid-born Alberto Martín Menacho, participating in this year’s Ecam Incubator. One of Spain’s most important film schools, Madrid’s Ecam has long proven a launchpad for generations of Spanish filmmaking talent.
Previously, Menacho had put the script through San Sebastian’s Ikusmira Berriak development residency for projects and several Swiss screenwriting labs.
In the film, four characters question their life in its conservative rural environment where traditional rituals and habits still influence everyday behavior, even as the region modernizes. Despite its spectacular name, Extremadura is far from the most cosmopolitan of Spain’s autonomous communities, better known for its magnificent mountains, forests, lakes and natural reserves such as the Monfragüe and Cornalvo Natural Parks.
“Nights Gone By” explores the hostages left to fortune by Spain’s ancient past, more specifically, primitive elements of human...
Previously, Menacho had put the script through San Sebastian’s Ikusmira Berriak development residency for projects and several Swiss screenwriting labs.
In the film, four characters question their life in its conservative rural environment where traditional rituals and habits still influence everyday behavior, even as the region modernizes. Despite its spectacular name, Extremadura is far from the most cosmopolitan of Spain’s autonomous communities, better known for its magnificent mountains, forests, lakes and natural reserves such as the Monfragüe and Cornalvo Natural Parks.
“Nights Gone By” explores the hostages left to fortune by Spain’s ancient past, more specifically, primitive elements of human...
- 9/20/2020
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety - Film News
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