LADRONES
THIEVES
España/Spain
2007
105 min.
Cuando Álex era pequeño su madre le enseñó a robar. Es uno de los recuerdos que tiene de ella antes de que la detuviera la policía. Ahora, con dieciocho años, ha salido del orfanato y tiene que buscarse la vida. A pesar de sus buenas intenciones, pronto comienza su actividad delictiva. Un día conoce a Sara, una estudiante de buena familia a la que sorprende robando en un supermercado. Álex le propone un pacto para robar juntos. Ella acepta y ambos inician una relación tan extraña como peligrosa.
In the Madrid metro, Alex, seven, accompanies his pickpocket mother to her favourite haunts. But then she is caught by the police, and the boy is left to continue on his way, alone. A dozen years later, just out of the orphanage, Alex is earning a living in a hair salon. Since his mother disappeared following her arrest, he tries to track her down and finds himself once again in the world of street thieves. Intuitive, cunning, having all the moves down pat, he makes an excellent pickpocket. This is how he meets Sara, a student from a good family, who wants to learn how to purse-snatch simply for the fun of it. The two fall in love, and their relationship goes far deeper than the usual adolescent flirtation. In Ladrones, thanks to the quality of the writing, the plotting is perfectly realised through the direction. The pickpocketing scenes are constructed like choreography, in which the exchanged glances, lightly touching hands, bodies seeking one another resonate with the emotional connection between the two. The filmmaker orchestrates these moments of seduction with evocative music, giving them a languorous rhythm. Juan José Ballesta (discovered in 2003 in Achero Manas’El Bola), and Maria Valverde (the new hope of Spanish cinema seen recently in Antonio Hernandez’ Los Borgia (2006)) play the lead roles, and know just how to move in space. Ladrones is a physical film, in which texture, bodies and objects are rendered palpable through the lighting and photography. But this skilfully wrought aesthetic dimension does not override the more moral impact of the film since this modern Bonnie and Clyde are, above all, the protagonists of a beautiful love story, in which risks are taken, sacrifices are made, and in which the happiness of the other is what counts most.
Dirección/Director: Jaime Marques
Guión/Screenplay: Jaime Marques, Juan Ibáñez
Fotografía/Cinematography: David Azcano
Música/Music: Federico Jusid
Edición/Editor: Iván Aledo
Producción/Produced by: José Ibañez, Álvaro Augustin, Antonio P. Pérez / Pentagrama Films , Telecinco Cinema, Maestranza Films S.L., Telecinco Cinema
Intérpretes/Cast: Juan José Ballesta, Maria Valverde, Patrick Bauchau, María Ballesteros.
JAIME MARQUES (Madrid, 1968)
Como guionista, ha trabajado en los guiones de Adiós Tiburón, dirigida por Carlos Suárez, Noche de reyes» de Miguel Bardem, y La caverna, realizada por Eduard Cortés. Con el guión de cortometraje X y Z obtuvo el premio del Festival de Granada. Ha dirigido los cortometrajes Abierto, El paraíso perdido -nominado a los premios Goya- y La carta, que han obtenido premios en distintos festivales españoles e internacionales (Uppsala, Melbourne, Alcalá de Henares, Imagen-Madrid, etc…) Sus cuentos Milagro en el suburbio y Perfecto fueron premiados en los concursos NH y Morón de la Frontera. No es nieve ha sido publicado recientemente en La razón.
Born in 1968 in Madrid, Jaime Marques Olarreaga studied television there then worked as an artistic director in an advertising agency. In 1993, he went back to university to learn more about the visual arts and attended workshops in scriptwriting, mise en scène, directing actors and production. During this time he also worked on several short film productions. In 1994, he embarked on several directing projects of his own, including Novata and Los que quedan atrás. During this time he also worked on other productions as a writer and actor. In 1997, he made Abierto, then Paradise lost and X&Z (1998) and El paraíso perdido (1999) which won several festival awards. Ladrones is his first feature film.
Filmografía/Filmography:
Abierto (El eco del tiempo) 1997
El Paraíso perdido 1999
Ladrones 2007
Proyecciones / Screenings:
SAB 8/ Sat. CINÉPOLIS GRAN PLAZA SALA 9. 16:30 hs
MIE 12/ Wed. CINÉPOLIS CENTRO MAGNO SALA 10. 15:15 hs
DOM 16/ Sun. CINE FORO. 21:30 hs
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