Return to Hansala / Retorno a Hansala

Director: Chus Gutiérrez

Writer: Chus Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos Rubio

Production: Maestranza Films / Muac Films 2008

Duration: 95 min.

Genre:
Drama

Language:
Spanish | Arabic | Berber with English subtitles

Cast:
El Hussein Aghazaff, Fatima Andah, Antonio Dechent, María del Águila, Antonio de la Torre, Cuca Escribano, José Luis García Pérez, Farah Hamed, César Vea

Awards:
2009 Goya Awards:
Nominated
Goya: Best New Actress- Farah Hamed, Best Original Song- Tao Gutiérrez For the song "Manousal", Best Screenplay – Original Chus Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos Rubio

2009 Turia Awards:
Won
Special Award- Chus Gutiérrez

2008 Cairo International Film Festival:
Won
Golden Pyramid: Best Film- Chus Gutiérrez

2008 Valladolid International Film Festival
Won
Jury Special Prize- Chus Gutiérrez
Nominated
Golden Spike- Chus Gutiérrez

Synopsis:
A boat carrying a group of illegal immigrants sinks, leaving a dozen dead bodies lying on a Spanish beach. Martín -a man nearing his forties and the father of a twelve-year-old girl- has recently separated from his wife. He runs a funeral parlour in Algeciras and is beset by numerous economic and legal problems. After receiving a call from the Guardia Civil, he drives to the scene of the tragedy and, while collecting the dead bodies, he notices that one of them has a tight Ust gripping a scrap of paper. The latter contains a telephone number. Back in his ofUce, Martin calls that number and is answered at the other end of the line by Leila, a Morroccan woman who works at the wholesale food market in Málaga. Both Martin and Leila will embark together in an unexpected journey.

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