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It is summer in a small village in south-eastern Spain. A storm threatens to cause the river that runs through it to overflow again. A popular old belief claims that some women are predestined to disappear with each new flood, because they have the “water inside”.
A band of young people is trying to overcome the boring summer in the village by smoking, dancing, and lusting after each other. In this electric atmosphere that precedes the storm, Ana and José live a love affair until the storm bursts.
A band of young people is trying to overcome the boring summer in the village by smoking, dancing, and lusting after each other. In this electric atmosphere that precedes the storm, Ana and José live a love affair until the storm bursts.
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Cast:
Nieve de Medina, Bárbara Lennie, Alberto Olmo, Luna Pamiés -
Original Title:
El Agua -
Country:
Spain, France, Switzerland -
Year:
2022 - 104’ ES, Subtitles: PT, EN
Director
Elena López Riera
Elena López Riera was born in Orihuela (Spain), in 1982. After completing her doctoral thesis on Contemporary Argentine Cinema, she began teaching Comparative Literature at the University of Geneva and the Carlos III University, in Madrid.
She has directed the short films Pueblo (2015), Las Vísceras (2016) and Los Que Desean (2018) and participated in the Berlinale Talent Campus of the 2017 Berlin International Festival. Her first feature film El Agua (2022) has received international appraisal and Elena has been nominated for different festivals such as the Cannes International Film Festival and the San Sebástian International Film Festival.
She has directed the short films Pueblo (2015), Las Vísceras (2016) and Los Que Desean (2018) and participated in the Berlinale Talent Campus of the 2017 Berlin International Festival. Her first feature film El Agua (2022) has received international appraisal and Elena has been nominated for different festivals such as the Cannes International Film Festival and the San Sebástian International Film Festival.
