"MON CRIME" BY FRANÇOIS OZON WILL BE THE OPENING FILM - OUTSTANDING SPANISH PARTICIPATION IN THE BCN FILM FEST 2023

The Festival Internacional de Cine de Barcelona-Sant Jordi, BCN FILM FEST, will start on April 20th with the screening of MON CRIME, a mystery comedy by director François Ozon, which will be the film that inaugurates this seventh edition.
In this new edition the festival has in its programme, as it did in the previous one, a large presence of Catalan and Spanish productions.

These are the films that are incorporated now into the programme:

MI CRIMEN by François Ozon

Opening Film / Spanish Premiere

Based on a play, MI CRIMEN (“Mon Crime”) is the new mystery comedy from François Ozon. The film is starred by Nadia Tereskiewicz and Rebecca Marder. In supporting roles, there are Isabelle Huppert, Fabrice Luchini and Dany Boon.

“Paris, 1935. Madeleine Verdier, a bankrupt actress, is accused of the murder of a famous theatre producer. With help from her best friend, she manages to prove her innocence. The notoriety of her case will bring her fame and glory until the truth comes to light.”

UN CEL DE PLOM by Miquel Romans

Official Selection / World Premiere

Miquel Romans' first feature, UN CEL DE PLOM is the free adaptation of the homonymous book by Carme Martí that relates the life of Neus Català. The film is starred by Nausicaa Bonnin, who plays as a feminist and republican. Rachel Lascar, Iria del Río, Thomas Saurteig, Daniel Horvath and Fernando Corral complete the cast.

“In 1945, with the liberation of the Nazi camps, Neus Català, a young feminist republican, returns to France after being imprisoned by the German army. As she recovers her life in freedom, she recalls the events of a year before, when a group of women sabotaged the bullet production factory in Czechoslovakia where the Nazis made them work. They were known as The Gandulas Command. But Neus Català's true resistance begins now: the fight for memory.”

ALGUIEN QUE CUIDE DE MÍ by Elvira Lindo & Daniela Fejerman  
Official Selection (Out of Competition) / Catalan Premiere

ALGUIEN QUE CUIDE DE MÍ is co-written and co-directed by Elvira Lindo, who makes her film directing debut with this work, with Daniela Fejerman. The film, performed by Aura Garrido, Emma Suárez and Magüi Mira, is based on an unpublished story by Elvira Lindo in which the author portrays the complex family relationships of three generations of women dedicated to acting.

“Nora, a young actress with a promising future, balances between the two pillars of her life: her grandmother Magüi, who reigned for decades as a great lady of the theatre, and her mother Cecilia, whose professional career fade away after having achieved some glory in 80's cabarets. Jealousy, misunderstood love and mutual dependence flow between them. It is in this sweet period of Nora's career that she discovers that her mother keeps a secret that has marked her for life.”

LA DESCONOCIDA by Pablo Maqueda
Official Selection (Out of Competition) / Catalan Premiere

LA DESCONOCIDA, Pablo Maqueda's second feature film, stars Laia Manzanares, Manolo Solo and Eva Llorach, with the special collaboration of Blanca Parés. Based on the successful play Grooming, winner of the Paco Bezerra National Award, the film has a script by Maqueda himself, Haizea G. Viana and Paco Bezerra.

“Carolina is a naive and charming young woman who meets Leo through a chat. He is an adult man who has pretended to be a 16-year-old boy and, fooling her, has managed to meet her in a remote city park. But as Leo gets to know Carolina, he begins to suspect that perhaps she is not as innocent and harmless as she appears.”

LAS BUENAS COMPAÑÍAS by Sílvia Munt 
Official Selection (Out of Competition) / Catalan Premiere

Directed by Sílvia Munt, LAS BUENAS COMPAÑÍAS is inspired by real events. It tells the story of a group of women from Rentería (Gipuzkoa) who dedicated themselves to fighting for women's rights in the 1970s, helping them to travel to France to have a dignified abortion. The film stars Alicia Falcó, Itziar Ituño and Elena Tarrats along with the Goya winner for Best New Actress María Cerezuela, Ainhoa Santamaría and Itziar Aizpuru.

“Summer of 1976. Bea is 16-year-old girl that collaborates with a group of women to make the feminist cause visible fighting for the right to abortion. The rebellion that she feels in her blood will be mixed with an unexpected feeling that will disrupt her inner world. Throughout these months, Bea will establish a very special friendship with Miren, a girl slightly older than her and from a good family. Her political commitment and her relationship with Miren will make this summer a stage that will mark a point in her life.”

UNZUÉ.  EL ÚLTIMO EQUIPO DE JUANCAR by Xavi Torres, Santi Padró and Jesús Muñoz
Official Selection (Out of Competition) / Catalan Premiere

UNZUÉ. EL ÚLTIMO EQUIPO DE JUANCAR ("Unzué. L'últim equip del Juancar"), is the new documentary film directed by Xavier Torres, Santi Padró and Jesús Muñoz. It is a portrait of Juan Carlos Unzué's day-to-day life for two and a half years, since the former Barça goalkeeper and coach made public his diagnosis in June 2020. Unzué proposed two things: on the one hand, to make the disease ALS visible, and on the other, to set up a great event to raise the greatest amount of money to dedicate to research.

ELS ENCANTATS by Elena Trapé
Zona Oberta / Catalan Premiere

ELS ENCANTATS is the new film by Elena Trapé that stars Laia Costa (Winner of the Goya for Best Leading Actress for “Cinco Lobitos”). Pep Cruz, Aina Clotet, Dani Pérez Prada and the newcomer Ainara Elejalde complete the cast. The script is written by the director herself together with Miguel Ibáñez Monroy.

“After their recent separation, Irene faces for the first time the absence of her four-year-old daughter, who is spending a few days with her father. Unable to adapt to this new reality, she decides to travel to her house in a small town in the Catalan Pyrenees. While she seeks to regain her inner peace and confidence, she realises she has to stop running away from trouble and face her fears.”

MIRÓ by Oriol Ferrer
Zona Oberta / World Premiere

MIRÓ by Oriol Ferrer digs into the person behind the great artist that was Joan Miró, a young painter who escaped Barcelona to fall into the hands of the most incredible avant-garde from Paris. In Paris he will meet Picasso, who sponsors him and introduces him to the artistic world and Parisian society. There, he coincides with Breton, Aragon, Heminway or Tristan Tzara, among others. The film stars Edu Lloveras, Pau Roca, Aida Folch and Oscar Rabadán.

VIENTO SUR by Álvaro García-Capelo
Zona Oberta / World Premiere

In VIENTO SUR, Álvaro García-Capelo presents a close drama about friendship and guilt in the exceptional location of the Matxitxako lighthouse in the Basque Country. The film is played by Will Keen, Maria Fernández Ache, Aitor Merino and Dafne Keen.

“Robert is a businessman convicted of corruption. During his stay in prison, Alberto, a close friend of his youth, has died due to an accident. Alberto was the brother of a lighthouse keeper from the Basque Country, Mónica, who came to pick up Robert when he was released from jail to go to the lighthouse to throw Alberto's ashes into the sea. For throwing them, they must wait for the south wind to blow. So the businessman and the lighthouse keeper live together for several days under the shadow of their dead friend and brother.”

Finally, after its World Premiere at the 73th Berlinale, SICA by Carla Subirana, will be in charge of closing the festival.

The accreditation process for the press and industry for the seventh edition of BCN FILM FEST will end on March 22nd.