My Life with Carlos was co-written by Joaquim Jordà who, with his ideas, films and commitment as a teacher, was one of the driving forces behind the Pompeu Fabra master's degree programme in documentary film making until his death in 2006. The director, German Berger-Hertz, has been affiliated with that programme since 1997. His second full-length feature on 35mm tells the story of the journey of a son looking for a lost father; it is the layered and personal story of the family of the film maker - and also of a country that has to confront the horror of the past. German's father, Carlos, was murdered in Chile, while his mother is the prominent human-rights lawyer Carmen Hertz.
The documentary has the emotions of an intimate melodrama and the thriller-like tension of a puzzle, in which the medium of film forces everyone, including the maker, to confront the past.
- Director
- Germán Berger-Hertz
- Countries of production
- Spain, Chile, Germany
- Year
- 2009
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2010
- Length
- 83'
- Medium
- 35mm
- International title
- My Life With Carlos
- Language
- Spanish
- Producers
- Germán Berger-Hertz, Héctor Faver
- Production Companies
- Todo Por Las Niñas, Grupo Cine Arte
- Sales
- Todo Por Las Niñas
- Screenplay
- German Berger
- Cinematography
- Elsa Casademont
- Editor
- Andrea Chignoli, Danielle Fillios, German Berger
- Production Design
- Paula Garcia
- Sound Design
- Boris Herrera
- Music
- Miranda & Tobar