A nice break, holidaymakers Pedro and Eva think. All-inclusive holiday paradise Vistamar has beautiful swimming pools and golf links. The new management (a wonderful role by Breaking Bad’s R.J. Mitte) also offers hostess Gloria great career opportunities. But while she gets a promotion, her husband Andres is not so sure. Typical Sebastián Hofmann: more cracks soon appear in paradise. Unfortunately, Pedro and Eva’s luxury apartment has been double-booked. Eva decides there’s nothing else to do but share their rooms with the exuberant sunburnt family suddenly standing at the door. But Pedro is bent on recompense and becomes increasingly entangled in the incomparable rhetoric of the cheerful staff. On his warpath, he encounters the frustrated Andres. Their joint paranoia, focused on the clutches of the sinister conglomerate, assumes worrying proportions.
At IFFR 2013, Hofmann made his debut with Halley. His second feature, Time Share, was supported by the Hubert Bals Fonds and presented in 2014 at CineMart.
Nominated for the VPRO Big Screen Award.
Film details
Productielanden
Mexico, Netherlands
Jaar
2018
Festivaleditie
IFFR 2018
Lengte
96'
Medium/Formaat
DCP
Taal
English, Spanish
Première status
European premiere
Director
Sebastián Hofmann
Producer
Julio Chavezmontes, Lisette Kelder, Stienette Bosklopper
Screenplay
Julio Chavezmontes, Sebastián Hofmann
Cinematography
Matías Penachino
Editing
Sebastián Hofmann, Nathalie Alonso Casale, Yibrán Asuad
Production design
Claudio Ramirez Castelli
Production company
Piano, Circe Films
Sales / World rights holder
Piano
Music
Giorgio Giampà
Principal cast
Luis Gerardo Mendez, Cassandra Ciangherotti, Miguel Rodarte, R.J. Mitte, Montserrat Marañon, Andrés Almeida, Emiliano Rodríguez