That Liminal PlaceEse lugar inexistente

Title: That Liminal Place
Original title: Ese lugar inexistente
Language: Spanish
Running time: 90 min.
Country: Spain, France
Format: Digital 4K
Status: In post-production

Directed by: Alejandro Alonso, Alejandro Pérez
Written by: Alejandro Alonso, Alejandro Pérez
Cast: Carlos Amílcar Melián, Gio Melián, Raychel Carrión

A production by: La Bendita Produce, with the participation of Aragón TV
In co-production with: Poetik Film 17 (France)
Associate production company: Estudio ST (Cuba)

Producers: Daniel Vergara, Leo Dolgan
Executive producer: María Carla del Río
Production manager: María Carla del Río
Director of photography: Alejandro Alonso
Production sound: Marisol Cao

Synopsis

In Teruel, extinction is not only a thing of the past. To slow depopulation, the region is seeking new residents through resettlement programmes. Carlos, an exiled Cuban, hopes to settle in Escucha, a small village in the mining basin. He lives in a hostel with other migrants while he waits to pass his probation as a worker at Dinópolis, a dinosaur theme park. If all goes well, he will be able to bring over his daughter, who is still in Cuba. Among animatronics, fossils and papier-mâché landscapes, Carlos tries to adapt to a land that feels strange to him, where echoes of his own past slowly begin to appear.

Biography

Alejandro Alonso and Alejandro Pérez, who graduated in Documentary Directing from EICTV in Cuba, have presented their work at international festivals including the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Visions du Réel and the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Together they co-directed Terranova, winner of the Ammodo Tiger at Rotterdam. Their current project, That Liminal Place, won the Márgenes Work development award in 2023.