International Competition

Feature Films

Legend of Time, The

Spain
2005, 115min.

Script/Dir.: Isaki Lacuesta, Dir. of Phot.: Diego Dussuel, Sound: Armanda Villavieja, Edit. Domi Parra, Prod.: Loic Magneron.
Cast: Israel Gómez Romero, Francisco José Gómez Romero, Makiko Matsumara.

The film tells the story of Isra, the young gipsy who, after his father’s death will never be able to sing again, although he belongs to a cantaores traditions, and dreams of traveling one day away from the Island, where he was born, and the story of Makiko, who travels to the Island to try to assimilate a tradition and a way to understand life that are not familiar to her, and with which she expects to be able to face up the inexpressible emotions aroused by her father’s illness.

Lacuesta, Isaki

Isaki Lacuesta born 1975, Girona, Catalonia, Spain).
His first feature film, Cravan vs Cravan (2002) won awards at several international festivals. The Spanish critics described it as the best first film of the year and recognized this achievement with a RNE-Sant Jordi Award. Among other prizes, it received the Best New Director Award and the Audience Award for Best Film at the IFF of Sitges. His short films have participated in various festivals. Isaki has also written several feature film scripts. He has contributed articles about cinema, music and literature. His latest feature film, The Legend of Time has been selected for the Rotterdam IFF.

Filmography
Caras vs. Caras (2000, short), Cravan vs. Cravan (2002), Teoría de los cuerpos (2004, short), The Legend of Time (La Leyenda del tiempo, 2005).