A heartfelt documentary following the life and contribution to the arts of Catalan iconic artist and cinematographer Toman Pladevall, which turns into a poetic study on light and darkness, inviting us to see the world in a different way.

Tomàs Pladevall is an admired cinematographer (known for being the sensitive eye behind the films of eminent catalan directors like Pere Portabella or Jose Luis Guerin); a master of light who seeks to recover and classify his personal archive. He carefully and rigorously completes and nurtures his legacy but closing the last box is a difficult task. The first of his films is lost. Retired from the profession, he cannot help playing with light and shadows, filming during the solstices and sunsets, or seeking to find secrets of centenary films, as if he were an alchemist magician.

Language: Catalan
Subtitles: English
Country: Spain
Year: 2021

Catalan Film Festival is run by Spanish & Latin American film collective CinemaAttic, with Institut Ramon Llull as principal sponsor and co-organiser. Festival partners include Screen Scotland, Estrella Damm, Catalan Films, Colla Castellera d’Edinburgh and Centre Català d’Escocia.

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