VILLEGAS

By Gonzalo TOBAL

CINÉ-SUD PROMOTION - as PROD

First film - Completed 2012

After a long time without seeing each other, two cousins, Esteban and Pipa, have to drive together to their grand-father's funeral in Villegas, their childhood village. The trip soon turns into an intense journey with conflicts, fears and emotions that lie on the border between youth and adulthood.

Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cannes 2012
Out of Competition
Sao Paulo IFF 2012
New Directors Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2012
    • Genres
    • First film, Road movie
    • Countries
    • ARGENTINA, FRANCE
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Budget
    • 0.6 - 1 M$
    • Director(s)
    • Gonzalo TOBAL
    • Writer(s)
    • Gonzalo TOBAL
    • EIDR
    • 10.5240/A9AD-C196-7126-DA9B-BB9B-W
    • Producer(s)
    • Benjamin DOMENECH (Rey Ciné), Santiago GALLELLI, Juan VILLEGAS (Tresmilmundos), Thierry LENOUVEL (Ciné-Sud Promotion)
    • Synopsis
    • After a long time without seeing each other, two cousins, Esteban and Pipa, have to drive together to their grand-father’s funeral in Villegas, small inland town where they grew up together. This coming back soon turns into an intense emotional journey, punctuated by the reunions, the weight of the past and the end of an era.
    • Partners & financing
    • Rei Cine
      Tresmilmundos
    • Beginning of shooting
    • May 01, 2011