The elderly caretaker of a remote morgue possesses an impeccable memory for everything but names. He passes his days showing corpses to those searching for their lost ones and tending to his beloved plants. When protest in a nearby city breaks out and the militia covertly raids the morgue to hide civilian casualties, he discovers the body of an unknown young woman. Evoking memories of personal loss, he embarks on a magical odyssey to give her a proper burial with the help of a mystic gravedigger who collects stories of the dead, an old woman searching for her long-lost daughter, and a hearse driver tormented by his past.
Current status: Premiered
World Premiere: Venice International Film Festival
Format (Feature - Fiction)
2017 / 92'/ DCP 1,85 24fps
Color
Country: France, Germany, The Netherlands, Chile
World Premiere: Venice, Premio Orizzonti 2017
Direction and screenplay: Alireza Khatami
Photography: Antoine Héberlé AFC Editing: Florent Mangeot
Production Design: Jorge Zambrano
Sound: Markus Krohn, Tom Korr
Cast: Juan Margallo; Tomás del Estal; Manuel Morón; Itziar Aizpuru; Julio Jung; Gonzalo Robles; Amparo Noguera
Production: HOUSE ON FIRE: Vincent Wang, Fred Bellaïche, Dominique Welinski
ENDORPHINE PRODUCTION: Fabian Massah, Catharina Schreckenberg LEMMING FILM: Joost de Vries, Leontine Petit
QUIJOTE FILMS: Giancarlo Nasi
Production manager: Francisco Ovalle
International sales: Urban distribution, Wolf
