REEL ESPAÑOL “Visually stunning.” The Hollywood Reporter
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
OUT IN THE OPEN INTEMPERIE
DIRECTOR
Adapted from Jesús Carrasco’s best-selling novel, Out in the Open transports us back to 1946 Andalucía, in one of the most acclaimed Spanish films of 2019.
CAST
An unnamed 12-year-old boy has escaped an intolerable situation and faces a journey through a country punished by drought and ruled by violence. Pursued by a vengeful search party, the child is alone, frightened and desperate. But his luck begins to turn when he meets a goatherder (Luis Tosar, Crime Wave SFF19) who decides to take the boy under his wing - a decision that will change both their destinies. Tentatively at first, each becomes receptive to the idea of having the other in their life, and the stakes of their relationship rapidly increases as the boy’s pursuers get increasingly closer. The desolate world of Carrasco’s book is reimagined as a thrilling cinematic western, unflinching in its depiction of poverty and violence. The boy and the shepherd learn that together, there might be more to life than just surviving.
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Benito Zambrano Luis Tosar, Luis Callejo, Jaime López
2019 | 103 MIN | SPAIN WESTERN, THRILLER Spanish with English subs
FESTIVALS & AWARDS
WINNER: Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Song, Goya Awards 2020 WINNER: Blogos de Oro Award, Valladolid International Film Festival 2019 WINNER: Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Original Song, ASECAN 2020.
