Julio Medem has finished his new coming movie. The director of “La ardilla roja” (The red squirrel), “Tierra” (Earth), and “Los amantes del círculo polar” (Lovers of the Artich Circle)-–among others—has finished shooting “Caótica Ana” (Cahotic Ana) which should open Spring 2007. I just hope he has forgotten about the boring “Lucía i el sexo” (Sex and Lucía) and he has recovered his fascinating storyteller qualities. Anyway, lots of expectations every time he comes up with a new movie. Here is as summary of the plot of the movie from Julio’s unofficial web site.
Chaotic Ana is the story - journey of Ana over four years of her life, from 18 to 22. A countdown from 10 to 0, as in hypnosis, through which Ana comes to see that she doesn’t alone. Her existence seems to be the continuation of the lives of other young women who died tragically, all of them at 22, and who live in the abyss of her unconscious memory. That is her chaos. In words of the director and scriptwriter of the movie: Ana is the princess and the monster of this fable feminist against the tyranny of the white man.
If you have some spare time, I would also suggest you to take a look at Daniel Sánchez Arévalo’s “azuloscurocasinegro” (darkbluealmostblack). This is his first film after a long list of successful shorts such “La culpa del alpinista” which was an original idea of Julio Medem who collaborated in the writing of the script.