Country: Spain
Year: 1998
Duration: 82'
After living together for two years, Teresa wins a scholarship to study in London and Juan decides to split up with her the day before her departure, leaving the apartment they had been sharing. In order to forget Teresa, Juan tries to meet someone new. But this meeting has to happen by chance, because it would be somehow forced and faked to start a relationship any other way. So every afternoon, at the same time, he sits on a bench in the park, always the same bench. After letting a reasonable amount of time pass, in order to increase his possibilities, he starts sitting in a bar as well. Until he meets almost contemporaneously Alicia (in the park) and Ana (in the bar).
Biography
film director
Agusti Vila
Agustí Vila (Barcelona, Spain, 1961) graduated in Spanish philology from the University of Barcelona. He has written, directed and produced the shorts El Hombre de cristal (1993) and Abreme la puerta (1995). For the Catalonian TV3 he made the medium-length film Alicia i el lloro (1997) and six episodes of the series Pagats per riure (2001). His first feature film, Un banco en el parque (1998), was presented at various international festivals, including San Sebastian, Rotterdam, London and Torino. In 2006 he directed 3055 Jean Leon, which competed as best documentary the next year at the Barcelona Film Award. He wrote the theatrical play La finestra tancada, which was performed at the Teatre Lliure in Barcelona in 2006.
FILMOGRAFIA
filmografia/filmography
El hombre de cristal (cm, 1993), Abreme la puerta (cm, 1995), Nova ficciò (ep. Alicia i el lloro, mm, tv, 1997), Un banco en el parque (1999), Pagats per riure (tv, 2001), 3055 Jean Leon (doc., 2006), La mosquitera (2010).
Cast
& Credits
Director and screenplay: Augusti Vila.
Director of photography: David Omedes.
Music: Ian Briton.
Editor: Miguel Angel Santamaria.
Cast and characters: Alex Brendemül, Ingrid Rubio, Rosana Pastor, Vicenta Ndongo.
Producer: Fernando Colomo.
Production company: Fernando Colomo P. C., Génova, 5-5°, 28004 Madrid, Spain, tel. +34-91-3103834, fax +34-91-3104613. CoProduction company: Alta Films
Director of photography: David Omedes.
Music: Ian Briton.
Editor: Miguel Angel Santamaria.
Cast and characters: Alex Brendemül, Ingrid Rubio, Rosana Pastor, Vicenta Ndongo.
Producer: Fernando Colomo.
Production company: Fernando Colomo P. C., Génova, 5-5°, 28004 Madrid, Spain, tel. +34-91-3103834, fax +34-91-3104613. CoProduction company: Alta Films