Dies d'agost (2006)

Director:

Marc Recha

Release Date:

5 December 2006 (Spain)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Twin brothers traveling the Catalan countryside encounter a reservoir of unique beauty.

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

David Recha	...	David
Marc Recha	...	Marc
Mariona Ordóñez	...	L'autostopista
Pere Subirana	...	El guarda forestal - Trompetista
Fina Susín	...	La cambrera del camping

Also Known As:

August Days (Canada: English title) (festival title)
Días de agosto (Spain: Castilian title)

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Catalan

Color:

Color

Company:

Benecé Produccions

Trivia:

Was initially entitled "El Peix Cat", which is Catalan for catfish. It was a reference to the catfish that the Germans imported, several decades ago, in the center of Catalonia and unloaded into the Elber River. Then they opened campsites so that they could come every year and fish their catfish, organizing competitions. One of the purposes of that title was to show how this invention of German tourism had completely destroyed the aquatic flora in that region.

Insomniac amnesiacs

This is the fourth full-length feature film by Marc Recha. By the third 'les mans buides' -Empty hands- I promised myself not to cut my veins anymore. But this time round the plot is completely different -a kind of homage to Ramon Barnils (Sabadell 1940 - Reus 2001) a Catalan journalist-. The visuals in the trailer are stunning -a gleaming river bathed in sunlight- and the promise that Marc himself would be in front of the camera with his twin brother -none of both professional actors- convinced me at last, six weeks after its release. Abandon yourself in this very unusual road/river film. Learn almost nothing about Ramon Barnils but his most poignant legacy: his constant fight against amnesia of what we Catalans chose to forget. 'La batalla de l'Ebre' -look for Battle of the Ebro at the wikipedia- was lost not once but twice because after 40 years of silence and 25 years of half-hearted democracy nobody has done much to remember the legitimate side of the Spanish civil war and those who fought it. This film is about the lonely people roaming the same places with very little conscience of what took place there 70 years ago. This film is about the landscape.