Country: Spain
Year: 2010
Duration: 95'
the mosquito net Guilty feelings dominate the life of a well-off family: feelings which each member of the family has about those around them and which they are unable to control. Each one thus generates a network of misunderstandings which prove hard to escape, as they try to control things that inevitably turn into situations that are both comical and tragic. The father starts a clumsy relationship with the young cleaning lady and the mother pours her insecurity onto her adolescent son, who discovers the ambiguous nature of adulthood in this co-existence of guilt and innocence. In this vortex of daily dramas, nothing seems to disturb the dogs and the cats that populate the house. “The Mosquito Net should be a film in minor key, as the title suggests. The characters in the movie think that the only thing they must fear are mosquitoes. They think that putting limits to the elusiveness of life will help them find felicity. But this felicity is static. And static waters rot. And mosquitoes can turn into wolves.”
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
regia, sceneggiatura/director, screenplay
Agustí Vila
fotografia/cinematography
Neus Ollé
montaggio/film editing
Martí Roca
scenografia/production design
Leo Casamitjana
costumi/costume design
Annick Turiaf
suono/sound
Eva Valiño
interpreti/cast
Emma Suarez, Eduard Fernandez, Martina García, Geraldine Chaplin, Fermí Reixach, Marcos Franz, Àlex Batllori, Anna Ycobalzeta
produttore/producer
Lluís Miñarro
produzione, vendita all’estero/production, world sales
Eddie Saeta
