People in Places
The Last Laugh: An Alternate History of Spanish Comedy
December 12 - 18, 2014
Introduction by actress Irene Santamaría!
A comedy with bitter undertones painted in muted colors, Juan Cavestany’s fourth feature is an episodic succession of sketches of daily life in a desolate, crisis-ridden Spain.
Introduction by actress Irene Santamaría!
The cliché goes that beautiful flowers bloom in cemeteries… or amid rubbish. People in Places illustrates this bromide with an episodic succession of sketches of daily life in a desolate, crisis-ridden Spain. Shot sans script and with a cast comprised of more than 80 actors, People in Places is a comedy with bitter undertones painted in muted colors, intertwining the grotesqueness of Spanish “esperpento” with the cultural pastiche of David Lynch while taking Franz Kafka on a stroll through the industrial suburbs of any provincial town, all with a refreshing absence of pretension.
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