Forgiveness, The Spain
2009, 65min.
Producers: Laia Coll, Ventura Durall, Dir./Script: Ventura Durall, Director of Photography: Mauro Herce, Composer: Diego Pedragosa, Prod.Design: Andrés Rabadán, Sound: Pau Subiros, Anna Sanmarti, Editor: Martí Roca
Cast: Andrés Rabadán, Francisco Pérez Abellán, Carles Quílez, Blanca Busquets
In 1994, Andrés Rabadán gave himself up to the police after derailing three trains and killing his father with a crossbow. They declared him not guilty and diagnosed him with paranoid delirious schizophrenia. He is sentenced to spend 20 years in a psychiatric penitentiary.. He suffers immensely and starts using painting as a way to exorcize his own demons. New testimonies about himself and those near him reveal a more complex reality than the one that surfaced during his trial, showing intimate secrets that were hidden for more than a decade.
With this new approach, new questions arise:
-Does someone who has committed such terrible crimes deserve a second chance?
-How important could the circumstances be to give rise to those crimes, and how strong the will to change in the persons that committed them?
Awards
Best Documentary Film (Belgrade Documentary and Short Film), Audience Award (Festival International du Premier Film d’Annonay, France 2009)
Production Company
Nanouk Films S.L.
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Tel: +34 934 196 022
Fax: +34 935 123 675
E-mail: oscar@nanouk.tv
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ESCAC graduate with a major in script, he also studied in San Antonio de los Baños (Cuba) and attended several master classes of famous documentary filmmakers. He is now supervising and coordinating documentary projects at the ESCAC. He is co-founder of Nanouk Films and executive producer of various films. His films have been awarded numerous prizes in prestigious film festivals.
Filmography
The 2 Lives of Andrés Rabadán (2008), The Forgiveness (2009)
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