Joaquin Sabina - 19 Days and 500 Nights

A quiet, reflective documentary that lingers in a reconstructed living room, letting old friends and lovers talk with warmth, regret and melancholy.

Directed by

Ramón Gieling

Genres

Music, Documentary

Starring

Joaquín Sabina, Javier Krahe, Benjamín Prado

Overview

They still carry his house keys with them, Joaquin Sabina's old friends. It does not matter that the Madrid-based singer, who is adored throughout the Spanish-speaking community, changed the locks to his house years ago. After the brain haemorrhage that hit him in 2001, Sabina suddenly could not bear the dozens of friends anymore that invaded his house. This was a raw deal for them, as the interviews reveal that director Ramón Gieling had with them. As in Gieling's previous documentaries, he created a cinematographic form for the interviews, which he consistently applies. Friends and former lovers are introduced in a minutely reconstructed copy of the living room they were expelled from. In the real living room, they used to lead a loose life without thinking about the health risks.

How it feels

Measured and needs your attention.

About

Friendship, memory, isolation, music

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

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