2023 - 68th Edition
Official section - Feature films

LA IMATGE PERMANENT

Laura Ferrés
Spain, France
 - 2023
National premiere

In rural Southern Spain Antonia, a fifteen-year-old mother, disappears in the middle of the night. 50 years later and much further north, Carmen, an introverted casting director, is looking for people to share their experiences when arriving in a new city. In her search, she meets Antonia, whose impulsiveness intrudes into Carmen’s solitude. Who said time heals all wounds?

Laura Ferrés

She was born in El Prat de Llobregat in 1989. She graduated in Filmmaking at ESCAC and her graduation project, the short film ‘In the Doghouse’ (2014), premiered at the Valladolid Festival’s sidebar ‘A Night of Spanish Short Films’. Her following title, ‘The Disinherited’, premiered at the Cannes Festival’s Critics’ Week, where it won the award for best short film in competition. This short also had its premiere in Spain at Seminci, was nominated for the European Film Awards and won the Goya for best documentary short film. ‘The PErmanent Picture’ (2023), her first feature film, had its world premiere in the Official Section of the Locarno Festival.

DIRECTOR
Laura Ferrés
SCREENPLAY
Laura Ferrés, en colaboración con Ulises Porra y Carlos Vermut
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Agnès Piqué Corbera
EDITOR
Aina Calleja
SOUND
Dani Fontrodona
MUSIC
Fernando Moresi Haberman, Sergio Bertran
PRODUCTION
Adrià Monés Murlans, Gabrielle Dumon
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Fasten Films, Le Bureau
CAST
María Luengo, Rosario Ortega, Saraida Llamas, Claudia Fimia, Mila Collado, Dolores Martínez
RUNNING TIME
94 min.
TYPE
Largometraje
FORMAT
Color
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2023
VERSION
O.V. in Spanish and Catalan, subtitled in Spanish and English
COUNTRY
Spain, France
CONTACT
Be For Films
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