Documentary Films - Competition 2008 / Hoy el día se repite diferente / Spain 2007
In this formally diverse, at times visually stunning portrait, immersed in an excellent soundtrack by Micka Luna, we glimpse into the inner world of Toni, a highly intelligent, well-travelled drug addict with a unique life philosophy. A 49-year-old man who, after 30 years on heroin, only has six months left to live.
“You don’t decide to be an addict. One morning you wake up sick and you’re an addict,” writes William S. Burroughs in his cult book Junkie, from which Spanish directors Xavier Baig and Òscar Moreno borrowed the motto for their film. Their main character is Toni, a 49-year-old addict. After thirty years on heroin, he has to get up during the night every two hours to inhale oxygen, otherwise he’d suffocate. Then immediately after inhaling, he lights up a joint, otherwise he wouldn’t get back to sleep again. He knows that the drugs are slowly killing him, but he just can’t resist them. In this formally diverse, at times visually stunning portrait, immersed in an excellent soundtrack by Micka Luna, we glimpse into the inner world of Toni, a highly intelligent, well-travelled man with a unique life philosophy. A gravely ill man whose only love in life, apart from drugs, is his dog. A man who only has six months left to live.
102 min / Color, DIGIBETA
Director Xavier Baig, Òscar Moreno
/ Screenplay Òscar Moreno, Xavier Baig
/ Dir. of Photography Xavier Baig
/ Music Micka Luna
/ Editor Xavier Baig, Òscar Moreno
/ Producer Xavier Baig, Òscar Moreno
/ Production Rec videoproduccions
/ Contact Rec videoproduccions, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales
www: www.hoyeldiaserepitediferente.com
Director, cameraman and editor Xavier Baig (1975) has a number of projects to his name that he has filmed on video either on his own or in collaboration with Òscar Moreno. Among them are experimental films, travelogues, short fiction films and documentaries. He has also worked on the short films and music videos of other artists as a cameraman and editor. His filmography includes: My Violence Is a Dream, Cíclic, Ambiente introspectivo, Recuerdos cinemáticos, Dos orillas. Òscar Moreno (1975), director and editor, has worked as an assistant cameraman and cameraman on television shows for the station TVE Catalonia and on short fiction films. He has created a number of music videos and behind the scenes films. His filmography includes: My Violence Is a Dream, Don alguien, Supermarket Woman, Horta Nights. Together with X. Baig he founded the company Rec videoproduccions.
Rec videoproduccions
Pl. Soler i Gustems, 19, 1er Interior, 08800, Vilanova i la Geltru (Barcelona)
Spain
Phone: +34 938 140 918
E-mail: [email protected]
Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales
Plaza del Rey 1, 28004, Madrid
Spain
Phone: +34 917 017 000, +34 917 017 259
Fax: +34 917 017 394
E-mail: [email protected]
Xavier Baig
Film Director / Producer
Òscar Moreno
Film Director / Producer
Manuel Llamas
Film Institution Rep.
Claudi Niubo
Festival Consultant
David Vilella
Film Crew
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