Jonás Trueba

 

Director and screenwriter. He was nominated for the Goya Award for best new director for Every Song Is About Me (2010). The Wishful Thinkers (2013), The Romantic Exiles (2015) and The Reconquest (2016) followed, while the latter screened in the San Sebastián International Film Festival official competition. His latest film, The August Virgin, was awarded at Karlovy Vary.

Filmography


Films by this director

The August Virgin

(La virgen de agosto, Spain, 2019)

Directed by: Jonás Trueba
PHOTOGRAPHY: Santiago Racaj
Synopsis:

It’s summertime in Madrid and the unbearable heat has forced most of its residents out of town. On the eve of her 33rd birthday, as a token of her faith, Eva decides to spend the sultry August days in the city. As the streets teem with fiestas offering tourist and locals a refuge from the heat, Eva meets a cast of different characters she tries to help. In a series of brief encounters and unexpected adventures, she will have several epiphanies and soothe her inner restlessness. In order to...

color, 129'
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