Living and Other Fictions

Living and Other Fictions

2016•1h 21m•5.1/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.1/10(8)

Pepe has left the psychiatric hospital after serving time for stealing to work. Only the solidarity of Antonio, a disabled activist, allows him to build a fragile life on which to project his weak hopes. Nevertheless, his need to fit in a senseless world becomes a desperate chore. The horizon of his long-awaited “normality" proves unreachable. The relationship with Antonio interpellates his view of life, inviting him to recognize himself as an anomaly and invent a new madness in which to live.

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Production

Shaktimetta Produccions

Language

ES

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Pepe Rovira

Pepe Rovira

Antonio Centeno

Antonio Centeno

Arántzazu Ruiz

Arántzazu Ruiz

Ann M. Perelló

Ann M. Perelló

Marcos Rovira

Oriol Roqueta

Ismael Nogales

Soledad Arnau

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