Who Can Kill A Child? first published by Little White Lies Narciso Ibáñez Serrador’s Who Can Kill A Child? (or ¿Quién Puede Matar a un Niño?) opens with a grim reminder of the human capacity for internecine atrocity. As monochrome newsreels parade the horrifying toll of the Nazi Holocaust, the Partition of India, as well as…
For Elisa (Para Elisa) first published by Grolsch FilmWorks Ana (Ona Casamiquela) is part of a new generation of Spaniards – a Fine Arts student struggling to make ends meets as the recession hits hard, and resentful of the parents who, post-Franco, had it easier. Her sometime boyfriend Alex (Jesús Caba) is similarly cash-strapped, sharing a…
The Night of the Sunflowers (La noche de los girasoles) first published by Film4 Synopsis: Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo’s feature debut is a noirish drama set in the sleepy Spanish backwoods. Review: Sunflowers, as their name suggests, tilt and turn their flowers over the course of the day to maximise their exposure to the life-giving light of the sun…