Six characters – contemporary archetypes of urban solitude – meet in an old apartment located in the city center of Barcelona. An elderly married couple, her brother and three tenants: a blonde woman who gives French classes, a young security guard, ex-football player and a young, pregnant South American girl.

The old man, who was formerly a doorman at the opera and who likes to dress up in women’s clothes, gets them all together and asks them to leave as he is going to die and wants to be alone for the last stage of his life.

In this non-descript Barcelona flat, incest, homosexuality and adultery are intertwined in the life of these characters… whilst we simultaneously witness the passing of time in this Mediterranean city.

NURIA ESPERT
JOSEP MARIA POU
ROSA MARIA SARDA
PABLO DERQUI
MARÍA BOTTO
JORDI BOSCH

Writer VENTURA PONS
Based on the play “BARCELONA, SHADOW MAP” by LLUÏSA CUNILLÉ
Producer VENTURA PONS
Editor PERE ABADAL
Original music CARLES CASES
Director of photography MARIO MONTERO
Art director BEL·LO TORRAS
Sound NATXO ORTÚZAR

2008
GOYA Awards - Nominated for Best Screenplay

Zinegoak Award – Best Actor, JOSEP M. POU

Barcelona Awards (Catalan Directors Awards) – Nominated for Best Catalan Film and Best Music

New York Film Festival

Havana Film Festival