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Ilusión

2013 · 65 min

A wry, affectionate meta-comedy about making an earnest musical in a country that has lost its hope, playful and a little melancholy.

Directed by
Daniel Castro
Starring
Bárbara Santa-Cruz, Miguel Rellán, David Trueba
Overview
Daniel, a Spanish filmmaker would like to give his country back some of the hope it has lost due to the financial crisis. He's determined to shoot an inspirational movie about the Moncloa Pact, the agreement that brought back Democracy to Spain after the Franco era. The thing is he wants the film to be a musical.

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Directed by
Daniel Castro
Starring
Bárbara Santa-Cruz, Miguel Rellán, David Trueba
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • art
  • ambition
  • identity
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Directed by
Daniel Castro
Written by
Daniel Castro
Starring
Bárbara Santa-Cruz, Miguel Rellán, David Trueba, Félix Viscarret, Víctor García León, Daniel Castro
Cinematography
Eladio Sánchez Agudo
Runtime
65 min
Country
Spain
Languages
Spanish

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