MAGICAL GIRL
2015 Films
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2h 6m
Alicia is a sick child who dreams of wearing the dress of her favorite Japanese series magical girl Yukiko. Luis, her father, will try to do everything in his hand to achieve it. But his fate intersects with Barbara, an attractive young woman with mental disorders and with Damian, a teacher retired from everything but from his troubled past.
Luis, Barbara and Damian will be trapped in a world of blackmails, where instincts and reason will struggle in a tragic battle, changing their lives forever.
Direction: Carlos Vermut
Script: Carlos Vermut
Production: Pedro Hernández Santos, Pedro Hernández Santos
Cinematography: Santiago Racaj
Editing: Emma Tusell
Production Design: Montse Lacruz
Costume Design: Iratxe Sanz
Sound: Daniel De Zayas, Eduardo G. Castro
Cast: José Sacristán, Bárbara Lennie, Luis Bermejo, Lucía Pollán
Original Title: MAGICAL GIRL
Original Language: Spanish
Subtitles: English
Film Production Country: Spain
Website: http://www.filmsdistribution.com/Film.aspx?ID=5342
Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/magicalgirlfilm?fref=ts
Statement of the Director/s
In my new film, as it happens in the latest Korean genre films, the story is what it is because the characters make certain decisions, and the characters grow the way they do because the story puts them in that situation. Therefore, they are inseparable.
MAGICAL GIRL uses a chain of blackmails, a black cinema typical element, to speak about love, desire, obsession and the relationship between human beings and their darker side. The eternal conflict of the human souls struggling against their enemies.
Biography of the Director/s
The young director Carlos Vermut wrote, directed and auto-produced his first feature film DIAMOND FLASH in 2011 with an impressive EUR 20,000 budget. The film received great reviews and won the Rizoma’s Grand Prix. It was also uploaded onto the VOD platform filmin.es where it reached top figures in the first week.
Previously, he has worked as a cartoonist for the newspaper “El Mundo”. Carlos won the Notodofilmfest with his first short film MAQUETAS. He has published three comics and is also the author of TVE’s cartoon series JELLY JAM.
Awards Won
GOLDEN SHELL (Donostia San Sebastian IFF)
SILVER SHELL FOR BEST DIRECTOR (Donostia San Sebastian IFF)
GOYA AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS - BARBARA LENNIE
World Sales:
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