ALEGRÍAS RIOJANAS

By Cesar VELASCO BROCA

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Science-fiction - Completed 2022

An ophthalmologist's confession gets interrupted when the priest who was attending him leaves in an emergency. On his way to his office, he is fatally run over by a car, and his immortal soul is thrown into a purgatory populated by grotesque creatures.

Festivals
& Awards

Fantastic Fest 2022
Special Jury Mention
Sitges FF 2022
Lima Alterna 2022
Semana del Cine Fantástico y de Terror - San Sebastian 2022
Jury Award for Best Short Film
Gijon Int'l Film Fest. 2022
Márgenes Festival de Cine Independiente 2022
Festival de Cortometrajes de Aguilar de Campoo 2022
Best Direction
BAFICI (Buenos Aires) 2023
    • Year of production
    • 2022
    • Genres
    • Science-fiction
    • Countries
    • SPAIN
    • Languages
    • SPANISH, ITALIAN
    • Duration
    • 28 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Cesar VELASCO BROCA
    • Writer(s)
    • Velasco BROCA, Lucía MORENO
    • Producer(s)
    • Eduardo CARNEROS (Euskadi Movie AIE)
    • Synopsis
    • An ophthalmologist's confession is interrupted when the priest who was attending him leaves in an emergency. After his absolution was postponed, he decided to return to his surgery. On the way, absorbed in his thoughts, he is fatally hit by a car. From that moment on, his immortal soul is cast into a medieval-looking purgatory populated by grotesque creatures, blemishes and devils. Will he be able to remember that the pearl is hidden in the abyss and the sun remains in the pearl?