Petra

  • Jaime Rosales
  • Spain, France, Denmark
  • 2018
  • 107'

Petra does not know who her father is. After the death of her mother, she embarks on a search that leads her to Jaume, a famous artist and a powerful and ruthless man. On her path to uncovering the truth, Petra also meets Jaume’s son, Lucas, as well as Marisa, his mother and Jaume’s wife. That is when the stories of these characters begin to intertwine in a spiral of malice, family secrets and violence that drives them all to the edge. But fate’s cruel logic is derailed by a twist that opens a path to hope and redemption. The film was screened at Director’s Fortnight in Cannes and at San Sebastián.

Subtitles: HR, EN

Jaime Rosales

He directed The Hours of the Day, winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes in 2003, Solitary Fragments (2007), presented at Un Certain Regard, Tiro en la cabeza (2008), which won the FIPRESCI prize at San Sebastián, Dream and Silence (2012), presented at the Directors’ Fortnight, and Beautiful Youth (2014) premiered in Un Certain Regard, where it won Ecumenical Jury Award.

Petra

Director
Jaime Rosales
Screenplay
Jaime Rosales, Michel Gaztambide, Clara Roquet
Cast
Bárbara Lennie, Álex Brendemühl, Marisa Paredes
DOP
Hélène Louvart
Editing
Lucía Casal
Producer
Bárbara Díez, José María Morales, Antonio Chavarrías, Jérôme Dopffer, Katrin Pors, Mikkel Jersin, Eva Jakobsen
Production
Fresdeval Films, Wanda Visión, Oberon Cinematogràfica, Les Productions Balthazar, Snowglobe
Festivals & Awards
Cannes Film Festival 2018 – Director’s Fortnight; San Sebastián Int’l Film Festival 2018 – Section Perlak

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