La hija de un ladrón
Belén Funes
Sara has been alone all her life. She is 22 years old and has a baby and wishes to have a normal family. But her father Manuel, after years of absence because he was in jail, decides to reappear in their lives. For Sara, he is now her main obstacle.
With : Greta Fernandez, Eduard Fernandez, Alex Monner, Tomas Martin
Screenplay : Belén Funes, Marçal Cebrian
Image : Neus Ollé
Direction artistique : Marta Bazaco
Editing : Bernat Aragonès
Sound : Enrique G. Bermejo, Sergio Rueda
Screenplay : Belén Funes, Marçal Cebrian
Image : Neus Ollé
Direction artistique : Marta Bazaco
Editing : Bernat Aragonès
Sound : Enrique G. Bermejo, Sergio Rueda
Production : Antonio Chavarrías, Alex Lafuente
International sales: Latido Films
International sales: Latido Films
Belén Funes is a Spanish scriptwriter and director. She studied at the Cinema and Audiovisual School of Cataluña and at the Cuban Cinema school at San Antonio de los Baños. She directed Sara a la fuga, her first short film, in 2015, co-written with Marçal Cebrian, and then, La inútil, her second short film in 2017. (La hija de un ladrón) A Thief's Daughter is her first feature as a director, again co-written with Marçal Cebrian.
“After filming, I felt that the film slowly opened up to us while we were editing in a dark room in Barcelona. The letters in a script don't really mean anything; that is what my screenwriter says. He believes that they are a guide, a crutch that we should occasionally try to leave behind in order to delve into the depths and explore unknown territories. After six weeks of filming, I reached the conclusion that we haven't shot a story about hatred (as I believed), but rather about broken love between a father and a daughter who desperately want to love, but don't know how to. For me, family is a source of inspiration and talking about it is a necessity. This film is the best way I have come up with to continue investigating the ties that bind us to our own kin, while I ask myself whether it is possible to rebuild a broken family or it would be better to just blow it apart in order to carry on living.” (Belén Funes)
“After filming, I felt that the film slowly opened up to us while we were editing in a dark room in Barcelona. The letters in a script don't really mean anything; that is what my screenwriter says. He believes that they are a guide, a crutch that we should occasionally try to leave behind in order to delve into the depths and explore unknown territories. After six weeks of filming, I reached the conclusion that we haven't shot a story about hatred (as I believed), but rather about broken love between a father and a daughter who desperately want to love, but don't know how to. For me, family is a source of inspiration and talking about it is a necessity. This film is the best way I have come up with to continue investigating the ties that bind us to our own kin, while I ask myself whether it is possible to rebuild a broken family or it would be better to just blow it apart in order to carry on living.” (Belén Funes)