La vida que te espera
(Your Next Life)
A film
directed by
Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
Synopsis
In the idyllic hills and valleys of a region in northern Spain, a fight to the death ensues: Gildo (Juan Diego) kills his neighbor Severo (Celso Bugallo). The motive is an argument over a lovely fat milk cow.
But there are more than just cows in the deep Pas Valley. Young women like Genia (Clara Lago) long for a good pair of hiking boot, and learn belly dancing. Val (Marta Etura) and Genia are Gildo’s daughters. One works from sunup to sundown, while the other goes to school.
Rai (Luis Tosar), the victim’s son, comes to his father’s funeral. Rai feels attracted to Val, the daughter of his father’s murderer.
Val starts dating Rai, giving into his romantic impulses, as instructed by her father, who wants to find out how much Rai knows about the homicide and who committed it.
Rai also hopes to learn something about his father’s death from Val.
Little by little, their investigative intentions turn into real love, a love that is a threat to everyone.
Cast
GildoJUAN DIEGO
RaiLUIS TOSAR
ValMARTA ETURA
GeniaCLARA LAGO
SeveroCELSO BUGALLO
ParrondoVÍCTOR CLAVIJO
Parish PriestXOSÉ M. OLVEIRA “PICO”
MarinoJOSÉ LUIS BERNAL “FARRUCO”
RafaelREI CHAO
PacoALFONSO AGRA
MilagrosROSA ÁLVAREZ
Waiter at “México”SANTI PREGO
Chief HairstylistMANUEL MILLÁN
Customer at the Hairdresser’sLAURA SILVA
Friend 1LAURA BUENO
Civil Guard 1TASIO FERNÁNDEZ
Crew
DirectorMANUEL GUTIÉRREZ ARAGÓN
ScreenplayÁNGELES GONZÁLEZ-SINDE
MANUEL GUTIÉRREZ ARAGÓN
ProducersGERARDO HERRERO
PANCHO CASAL
Executive ProducerGERARDO HERRERO
Associate ProducerCARMEN DE MIGUEL
Director of PhotographyGONZALO BERRIDI
EditorJOSÉ SALCEDO
MusicXAVIER CAPELLAS
Art DirectorFÉLIX MURCIA
Production ManagerJOSEAN GÓMEZ
Sound EngineerMARK VAN DER WILLIGEN
Sound EditorsRAÚL LASVIGNES
MANUEL LAGUNA
Sound MixJOSÉ ANTONIO BERMÚDEZ
Assistant Director and CastingCARLOS GRAS
Costume DesignerESTÍBALIZ MARKIEGI
Hair StylistJUAN CARLOS RODRÍGUEZ
Make-upALMUDENA FONSECA
TECHNICAL DATA
Color - 35 mm
Screen Ratio: 1:1,85
Sound: Dolby Digital
Length in meters: 2.994 m
Production Year: 2003
Nationality: Spain
Running Time: 1 h 48 min
Language: Original in Spanish
"All Tornasol and Continental productions are registered at EGEDA"
A TORNASOL FILMS, CONTINENTAL PRODUCCIONES and TELEVISIÓN DE GALICIA, S.A. Production
With the participation of TELEVISIÓN ESPAÑOLA, CANAL+, TVG, S.A.
With collaboration from the XUNTA DE GALICIA and the GOBIERNO DE CANTABRIA
With financing from the INSTITUTO DE CRÉDITO OFICIAL
Distributed in Spain by
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Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
(Director and Co-Screenplay Writer)
Born in Torrelavega, Cantabria, he studied Philosophy and Letters at the Complutense University of Madrid and in 1970, he graduated as a director from the Official Film School of Madrid.
FILMOGRAPHY
2003LA VIDA QUE TE ESPERA
2002El caballero don Quijote
Premio Ciudad de Roma, Festival de Venecia 2002
2001Visionarios
1997Cosas que dejé en La Habana
Espiga de Plata, Seminci de Valladolid
1994El rey del río
Festival de Berlín
1991Don Quijote (para televisión)
Premio de Eurovisión
Gran Premio, Festival de Cine de Cannes
1988Malaventura
1986La mitad del cielo
Concha de Oro, Festival de San Sebastián
Mejor Película, Festival de Sidney
Mejor Película, Festival de Nantes
1984La noche más hermosa
Festivales de Montreal, Miami, Chicago y Cannes
1983Feroz
Seleccionada para la sección Un Certain Regard, Festival de Cine de Cannes
1982Demonios en el jardín
Premio de la Crítica Internacional, Festival de San Sebastián
Premio France 3, Quincena de Realizadores de Cannes
Premio de la Crítica, Festival de Cine de Moscú
Premio David de Donatello
Mejor Película, Asociación de Críticos de Nueva York
1980Maravillas
Hugo de Plata, Festival de Cine de Chicago
1978El corazón del bosque
Mejor Película Española del Año
1977Camada negra
Oso de Plata a la Mejor Dirección, Festival de Berlín
Sonámbulos
Concha de Plata a la Mejor Dirección, Festival de San Sebastián
1973 Habla, mudita
Premio de la Crítica Internacional, Festival de Berlín
Finalista para el Oscar a la Mejor Película en Lengua No Inglesa
He has taken part in writing numerous screenplays, including the scripts for the following films: Las truchas (1974), by José Luis García Sánchez, winner of the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival; Furtivos (1975), by José Luis Borau, winner of the Golden Shell Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival; and Las largas vacaciones del 36 (1975), by Jaime Camino.
Ángeles González-Sinde
(Co-Screenplay Writer)
FILMOGRAFÍA
(como guionista)
2003LA VIDA QUE TE ESPERA, de Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
La suerte dormida, de Ángeles González-Sinde (coguionista y directora)
El misterio Galíndez, de Gerardo Herrero
2002La puta y la ballena, de Luis Puenzo (en producción)
Entre vivir y soñar, de Menkes y Albacete (en producción)
2000Las razones de mis amigos, de Gerardo Herrero
2001Antigua vida mía, de Héctor Olivera
1999Segunda piel, de Gerardo Vera
1998Lágrimas negras, de Ricardo Franco y Fernando Bauluz
1997La buena estrella, de Ricardo Franco
Director’s Remarks
The setting
This story unfolds in the green Pas Valley in the north of Spain. A place that is both mythical and real, the thousand-year-old village seems lost in time. However, it really does exist and that is where two attractive young sisters live: Genia and Val. Val does all the hard work on their farm: she milks the cows, cooks the meals, sweeps, and washes the dishes. In contrast, her younger sister Genia goes to school, although instead of studying she spends her time practicing belly dancing, which is quite popular among young people. It’s impressive to see Genia belly dancing in this dark, remote valley. But their father, Gildo, does not find it admirable. He is a typical quiet, astute man of the Pas region. A widower, as head of household, he makes his daughters work hard.
At the start of the 21st century, the inhabitants of the Pas region maintain centuries-old traditions: dairy contests. And the rivalry between Gildo and his neighbor is long-standing.
During an argument about cattle-raising, Gildo kills his neighbor.
But not everyone in the Pas region keeps up the old ways: Rai, the murdered man’s son, is a hairstylist in the city, having escaped from the harsh and archaic valley.
Rai returns to the valley for his father’s funeral, where he meets Val, the young daughter of the presumed murderer of his father. But who really killed his father? Rai wants to find out and he dates Val solely to worm the truth out of her. And Val dates Rai to worm the truth out of him, solely on the orders of her fierce father.
Little by little, love grows between Val and Rai.
A microcosm
LA VIDA QUE TE ESPERA (YOUR NEXT LIFE) takes place in a microcosm of parents, children and neighboring families. The narrow valley the characters live and work in brings them into close contact with each other. A crime where everyone thinks they know who the perpetrator is but no one says a word serves to poison the characters’ lives even more.
They are at cross-purposes: the father sends his daughter, Val, to get the truth out of Rai, the victim’s son. What does he know? Why has he returned to the valley? Val obeys her father. But the more she sees of Rai, the more they begin to love each other.
And then the balance shifts: Gildo becomes jealous.
The silence
In these valleys, there is something everybody knows but nobody says. The relationships of our main characters seem to be governed by their parents’ motto: “What is never said, never happened.”
The valley’s great distance from the city, the way the houses in the Pas region are isolated from each other, the lack of electricity in many of them, of bathrooms, of the basic comforts, have made the people isolated, haughty and silent in nature.
Val and Rai seem to want to escape from this circle. But what ties them to it is stronger than they think.
Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
The actors
Juan Diego
(Gildo)
FILMOGRAFÍA
(selección)
2003LA VIDA QUE TE ESPERA, de Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
El juego de Arcibel, de Alberto Lecchi
Noviembre, de Achero Mañas
Torremolinos 73, de Pablo Berger
2002Una pasión singular, de Antonio Gonzalo
2001La Virgen de la Lujuria, de Arturo Ripstein
Smoking Room, de Julio Wallovits y Roger Gual
2000Padre Coraje, de Benizo Zambrano (para televisión)
You’re the One (Una historia de entonces), de José Luis Garci
2000Fugitivas, de Miguel Hermoso
1999París-Tombuctú, de Luis García Berlanga
1998Yerma, de Pilar Távora
1991Cabeza de Vaca, de Nicolás Echevarría
El rey pasmado, de Imanol Uribe
1991La noche más larga, de José Luis García Sánchez
1988La noche oscura, de Carlos Saura
1988Pasodoble, de José Luis García Sánchez
1987Los negros también comen, de Marco Ferreri
1986 El viaje a ninguna parte, de Fernando Fernán-Gómez
1986Dragón Rapide, de Jaime Camino
1985La corte de Faraón, de José Luis García Sánchez
1984Los santos inocentes, de Mario Camus
1977La criatura, de Eloy de la Iglesia
1976Colorín colorado, de José Luis García Sánchez
1969El demonio de los celos, de Ettore Scola
Algo amargo en la boca, de Eloy de la Iglesia
1966Los flamencos, de Jesús Yagüe
Luis Tosar
(Rai)
FILMOGRAFÍA
2003LA VIDA QUE TE ESPERA, de Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
Te doy mis ojos, de Iciar Bollain
(Concha de Plata al Mejor Actor, Festival de San Sebastián)
Trece campanadas, de Xavier Villaverde
La flaqueza del bolchevique, de Manuel Martín Cuenca
2002Los lunes al sol, de Fernando León de Aranoa
(Premio Goya al Mejor Actor de Reparto)
Sin noticias de Dios, de Agustín Díaz Yanes
2001Lena, de Gonzalo Tapia
Visionarios, de Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
2000Amores que matan, de Iciar Bollain
Besos para todos, de Jaime Chávarri
La Comunidad, de Álex de la Iglesia
Sé quién eres, de Patricia Ferreira
Leo, de José Luis Borau
1999Celos, de Vicente Aranda
Flores de otro mundo, de Iciar Bollain
1998Atilano presidente, de La Cuadrilla
Marta Etura
(Val)
FILMOGRAFÍA
2003LA VIDA QUE TE ESPERA, de Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
Trece campanadas, de Xavier Villaverde
Mariposas de fuego, de Luis Prieto (cortometraje)
2002La vida de nadie, de Eduard Cortés
Trece campanadas, de Xavier Villaverde
2002El caballero don Quijote, de Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
2001Sin vergüenza, de Joaquín Oristrell
Clara Lago
(Genia)
FILMOGRAFÍA
2003LA VIDA QUE TE ESPERA, de Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
2002El viaje de Carol, de Imanol Uribe
2000Terca vida, de Fernando Huertas
Celso Bugallo
(Severo)
FILMOGRAFÍA
2003LA VIDA QUE TE ESPERA, de Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
2002Los lunes al sol, de Fernando León de Aranoa
2000La lengua de las mariposas, de José Luis Cuerda
The production companies
TORNASOL
FILMOGRAFÍA
(selección)
2003Nubes de verano, de Felipe Vega
El principio de Arquímedes, de Gerardo Herrero
LA VIDA QUE TE ESPERA, de Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
La suerte dormida, de Ángeles González-Sinde
El misterio Galíndez, de Gerardo Herrero
Aunque estés lejos, de Juan Carlos Tabío
2002Lugares comunes, de Adolfo Aristarain
El alquimista impaciente, de Patricia Ferreira
2001El hijo de la novia, de Juan José Campanella
Sin vergüenza, de Joaquín Oristrell
2000El otro barrio, de Salvador García Ruiz
Plata quemada, de Marcelo Piñeyro
Lista de espera, de Juan Carlos Tabío
El corazón del guerrero, de Daniel Monzón
1999 El Coronel no tiene quien le escriba, de Arturo Ripstein
1998My Name is Joe (Mi nombre es Joe), de Ken Loach
1997Martín (Hache), de Adolfo Aristarain
1996Éxtasis, de Mariano Barroso
1995 Guantanamera, de Tomás Gutiérrez Alea y Juan Carlos Tabío
Land and Freedom (Tierra y Libertad), de Ken Loach
1988La boca del lobo, de Francisco Lombardi
CONTINENTAL PRODUCCIONES
FILMOGRAFÍA
(selección)
2003LA VIDA QUE TE ESPERA, de Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
El misterio Galíndez, de Gerardo Herrero
2002Trece campanadas, de Xavier Villaverde
Los lunes al sol, de Fernando León de Aranoa
El alquimista impaciente, de Patricia Ferreira
2000Sé quién eres, de Patricia Ferreira
1999Cuando vuelvas a mi lado, de Gracia Querejeta
1998Finisterre, de Xavier Villaverde
Frontera Sur, de Gerardo Herrero
1996Inés de Portugal, de Héctor João de Oliveira
1989Continental, de Xavier Villaverde
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