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film - 2017 - NL

oblivion verses

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 raid 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.

director
Alireza Khatami
script
Alireza Khatami
original title
Los Versos Del Olvido
genre
drama
release
2017
length
92 min
language
Spanish
producers
House On Fire (FR)
co producers
Lemming Film (NL), Endorphine Production (GER),Quijote Films (CL)
main cast
Juan Margallo, Manuel Moron, Itziar Aizpuru, Tomás del Estal
director of photography
Antoine Heberlé
sound design
Miroslav Babic
financiers & funds
Media Development, CNC, Fondation Gan, Eurimages, MDM, Ezef, Hubert Bals Fund Development/ Plus / Europe
worldsales
Urban Distribution International