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In Your Absence
Original Title
En Tu Ausencia- Director: Iván Noel
- Writer: Iván Noel
- Producer: Anabel Azuar; Iván Noel
CGiii Comment
Seemingly, Noel sold his house in order to make this film. Obviously, it's a deeply personal project...
With an Andalucian backdrop, it's not difficult to make a film look good. However, it takes a little more thought when composing a film.
Noel was thinking more about the sale of his house than the composition of the film.
The pace is sluggish and uneven. The camera work is amateur. The sound is all over the place. The actors - those who can act - are all uncharismatic.
There are a few scenes that are included just to pass time...without propelling the story forward...and then, it all comes to an end, rather quickly, with a melodramatic and unsatisfying conclusion.
It's very commendable to have such passion for a project - it's just a shame that that passion was unable to make it onto the screen.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
13-year-old Pablo is a quiet, lonely boy with a troubled past. His only friend is Julia, a shameless 15-year-old girl who is more than willing to help Pablo with his transition from childhood to adolescence, and give him some advice on sex, love and life in general. On a quiet country road just outside of the village, Pablo meets Paco, an oddly calm, well dressed stranger whose car just broke down. Nevertheless, he seems more interested in the boy than fixing his problem. At first Pablo maintains a cautious distance from the stranger, vaguely heeding his fellow villagers' advice to keep his distance. However, the boy's subconscious quest to find understanding of his dark past and guilt makes him lose all of his protective layers. He sees a new friend in Paco; someone he can open up to and feel valued by almost like a replacement father. As Pablo's affection grows for the man, he is unknowingly and blindly being lead toward a tragedy that will scar him for life.
Cast & Characters
Francisco Alfonsin as Paco;
Pedro Salido Saborido as Adult Pablo;
Gonzalo Sanchez Salas as Pablo;
Anabel Azuar as Pablo's Mother;
Ana Tutor as Julia;
Antonio J. Atienza Sanchez as The Postman;
Acensio Salas Suarez as The Mechanic;
Juanjo Galiardo as Pablo's Father;
Luis Vargas Gomez as Luis - the Mechanic's Son;
Jesus Gllardo Soto as Local Kid #1;
Luis Valle Romero as Town Child / Swimming Boy #1;
Tomas Benitez Soto as Town Child / Swimming Boy #2;
Irene Rodriguez Ripoll as Town Child;
Cristina Gonzalez Benitez as Town Child;
Erico Ramos Fernandez as Older Town Child