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Spain 1999 / 35 mm / Color / 94 min. | |||
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Gabi, 30, a Barcelona writer who is returning to her city after having spent 3 years in Madrid, has come back to accept an award for erotic literature. She lived a fast life in Madrid, ostensibly to gather material for her art, and now rumours abound that she may be getting the award in exchange for personal favours. The gossip begins to haunt Gabi and forces her to seek shelter at the home of her best friend Raquel. She needs to think things out. Gabi tries to enjoy the simple pleasures in life, going out to dinner with her sister Clara, having fun with Raquel. That's when she meets Jalil. a Muslim Indian who works at flower shop near Raquel's place. One day she asks him to keep an eye on her scooter and before they know it they're in love. Gabi's smile and good manners seduce Jalil and for her every moment with Jalil is a fascinating exploration of new emotional territory. Still, enormous gaps remain between them: underneath it all she's a liberal Christian and he's a conservative Muslim. They spend the summer months together until he returns to India on vacation. The problems begin when he returns to Barcelona and makes demands on her behaviour, demands that Gabi is simply not willing to accept. They try negotiating. But it seems that Gabi cannot stop being the way she is and neither can Jalil. Is this impasse permanent? |
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| Script: Isabel Gardela. Phot.: Nuria Roldos. Ed.: Domi Parra, Victor Vidal. Mus.: Alex Solana. Cast: Nuria Prims, Zack Qureshi, Olalla Moreno, Txell Sust, Teresa Gimpera, Xavier Graset, M�nica Van Campen, Mohamed Khalid, Carlos Orellana, Javier C�rdenas, Carlota Soldevila. Sales: Carlos Benpar, Producciones Kilimanjaro S.L., Gran Via, 516, 1� 5� Barcelone 08015 (Espagne), t�l.: (34-93) 451 82 70, fax: (34-93) 451 90 57. | |||
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Isabel Gardela Born in Barcelona in 1965, Isabel Gardela graduated in philosophy from the University of Barcelona, then studied cinema, earning her masters in scriptwriting in 1991. She made her directorial debut in 1988 with No obris mai la porta a un cec, and has since directed several short and medium-length films. These include: J.V. (1993), Caps (1995), L'olfacte (sketch of the feature EL DOMINI DELS SENTITS, 1996) and Sota el signe de... (episode of the TV series Sagitari: On Estrenem, 1998). TWO FOR TEA marks her debut in features. |