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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 1998 - 19.26 July

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Category: Edition 1998

Synopsis
Year 1974, Spain. Felipe (Fernando Ramallo) is a teenager who travels with Lorenzo (Antonio Resines), his widowed father. Their only property is the Citröen DS with which they go from one side to another. Its strategy for living is based on touring the Mediterranean coast by visiting all apartments near the beach areas that are empty in the off-season. By chance's fate they will be forced to change their route, which will cause a series of changes in their lives that will cost them to cope.

Original Title Carreteras secundarias
Category Official Competition
Section Competition
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 105'
Production Year 1997
Nationality Spain
Directed by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro
Main cast Antonio Resines, Fernando Ramallo, Maribel Verdú

 regista Emilio Martínez LázaroEMILIO MARTÍNEZ-LÁZARO

Emilio Martínez Lázaro (Madrid, 1945) is a Spanish director and screenwriter.
He won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1978 with Las Palabras de Max.