El bar
The Bar
The Bar is a disturbing, claustrophobic, and frenetic thriller with the visual power that comes with an Álex de la Iglesia film. This renowned genre director took inspiration from Carpenter’s Assault on Precinct 13 and Buñuel’s Exterminating Angel and sprinkled it with his own particular brand of black humor.
Director's Biography
ÁLEX DE LA IGLESIA, born in 1965 in Bilbao, is a film director, screenwriter, and producer. In 1995, his feature The Day of the Beast won him six Goya Awards. Witching & Bitching was awarded eight Goyas in 2014. // Films (selection): Acción mutante (Mutant Action, 1992), El día de la Bestia (The Day of the Beast, 1995), 800 balas (800 Bullets, 2002), Crimen ferpecto (Ferpect Crime, 2004), Los crímenes de Oxford (The Oxford Murders, 2008), Balada triste de trompeta (The Last Circus, 2010), Las brujas de Zugarramurdi (Witching & Bitching, 2013; CE’14), Mi gran noche (My Big Night, 2015; CE’16), El bar (The Bar, 2016)
Nachtsicht | Night Sight · Eröffnungsfilme | Opening Films 2017
Álex de la Iglesia
Spain 2017
color
102 minutes
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay Jorge Guerricaechevarría
Cinematography Ángel Amorós
Editing Domingo González
Sound/Sounddesign Sergio Burmann, Nicolás de Poulpiquet
Music Joan Valent, Carlos Riera
With Blanca Suárez, Mario Casas, Carmen Machi, Secun de la Rosa, Jaime Ordóñez, Terele Pávez, Joaquín Climent, Alejandro Awada
Producer(s) Álex de la Iglesia, Carolina Bang (Pokeepsie Films, ES), Kiko Martínez (Nadie es Perfecto, ES), Mikel Lejarza, Mercedes Gamero (Atresmedia Cine, ES)
Production
Pokeepsie Films Marqués de Valdeiglesias 5 28004 Madrid Spain pokeepsiefilms@gmail.com www.pokeepsiefilms.com
Austrian Premiere
Rechte für Österreich / Austrian RightsKoch Media
Lochhamer Straße 9
82152 Planegg
Germany
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Weltpremiere / World Premiere
Berlin International Film Festival 2017
Premierenstatus / Premiere Status
Austrian Premiere