The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
La doble vida del faquir (The magicians) returns to the scene of a school in the Catalan town of Sant Julià de Vilatorta where, in 1937, in the midst of civil war, a film-maker in hiding and a group of orphaned children dressed up as sultans and explorers shot an exotic adventure film. The films protagonists relive those childhood days when they were able to switch their school smocks for oriental turbans, while reality imposed its own fancy dress ball with military uniforms and priests dressed in civilian garb.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Elisabet CabezaDirector
- Esteve RiambauDirector
- Elisabet CabezaWriter
- Esteve RiambauWriter
- Eduardo ArbideOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Joan AltamiraCast
- Xavier Bagué BonfillCast
- Jordi BertranCast
- Joaquín JordáCast
- María Teresa PascualCast
- Artur PousCast
- Lluís RosCast
- Carmina SaguésCast
- Felip SaguésCast
Themes
spanish civil war (1936-39)documentary