Eulalia-Marta
In the Mediterranean port of Barcelona two young unemployed girls living in a renovation area drift around the city desperately looking for a job.
José Luis Guerin
Casts & Crew
Also Directed by José Luis Guerin
Utilizing the impressionistic techniques of IN THE CITY OF SYLVIA (if SYLVIA was a riff on the “city film,” the more miniaturized MEMORIES might be termed a “street-corner film”), Guerín uses a disturbing incident in his Barcelona neighborhood to thread together a rich tapestry on music, culture, community, the fragility of life, and the tenacity of life.
A man returns to a city to try to track down a lovely woman he met six years earlier.
On returning from class, a teacher is questioned by his wife, who distrusts his pedagogic project: an “Academy of the Muses” inspired by classical references, which is supposed to contribute to regenerating the world through poetry. The controversial project triggers a series of situations dominated by words and desire.
Collection of documentary shorts by various acclaimed directors
José Luis Guerín's great short film from 1986.
A series of video letters between José Luis Guerín and Jonas Mekas.
Filmmaker José Luis Guerin documents his experience during a year of traveling as a guest of film festivals to present his previous film. What emerges is a wonderfully humane and sincere portrayal of the people that he meets when he goes off the beaten track in some of the world's major cities.
A poetic approach to the island of Lanzarote.