Crossing Borders

Crossing Borders

Movie |

Spain | Switzerland

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  • Genre(s): Comedy, Drama
  • Language(s): Español (Spanish)
  • Cast(s): Carlos Iglesias, Javier Gutiérrez, Nieve de Medina, Isabel Blanco, Aldo Sebastianelli See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 36min
  • Music: Mario de Benito
  • Award(s): Mestre Mateo 2007 (Won)
    Mestre Mateo 2007 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Through My Window 3: Looking at You, BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
  • Story:
    Spain 1960, the dawn of the country's economic development. Industrial "reorganization" means that many workers have lost their jobs and are forced to emigrate. Martin is one of them. Martin, his wife Pilar and their son Pablito live with Martin's parents in a basement apartment that comes with their job as superintendents of the building. Encouraged by Marcos, his friend and co-worker, Martin decides to emigrate to Switzerland. The whole family has to admit that for the time being this is the most promising plan. Unable to obtain a work contract from the Swiss Consulate, Martin and Marcos decide to go anyway, pretending they are tourists to get past the border police. Pablito will experience drastic changes in a short period of time: his father's departure, a new way of life in a different country with a different environment and learning another language. But afterwards, in Switzerland, they will face new experiences which will allow them to live with renewed happiness.
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STORY

Story
Spain 1960, the dawn of the country's economic development. Industrial "reorganization" means that many workers have lost their jobs and are forced to emigrate. Martin is one of them. Martin, his wife Pilar and their son Pablito live with Martin's parents in a basement apartment that comes with their job as superintendents of the building. Encouraged by Marcos, his friend and co-worker, Martin decides to emigrate to Switzerland. The whole family has to admit that for the time being this is the most promising plan. Unable to obtain a work contract from the Swiss Consulate, Martin and Marcos decide to go anyway, pretending they are tourists to get past the border police. Pablito will experience drastic changes in a short period of time: his father's departure, a new way of life in a different country with a different environment and learning another language. But afterwards, in Switzerland, they will face new experiences which will allow them to live with renewed happiness.

AWARDS

Won
Mestre Mateo Award

Best Production Manager | 2007

Silver Biznaga Award

Best Cinematography Mejor Fotografa | 2006 | Tote

Audience Award

Best Film | 2006 | Carlos

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Nominations
Mestre Mateo Award

Best Actress | 2007 | Nieve de

Best Actor | 2007 | Carlos

Goya Award

Best New Director Mejor Director Novel | 2007 | Carlos

CEC Award

Best Film (Mejor Pelcula) | 2007

Best Screenplay Original (Mejor Guin Original) | 2007 | Carlos

Audience Award

2006 | Carlos

Golden Biznaga Award

2006 | Carlos

TRIVIA

Trivia

'Carlos Iglesias', the director, writer and main actor of this film, is the son of Spaniards who migrated to Switzerland in the 60s and returned to Spain six years later. The movie is almost biographical, with Carlos Iglesias playing a character equivalent to his father.

The house Martin and his wife rent in the film is the same house that 'Carlos Iglesias'' parents rented while living in Switzerland. When looking for filming locations, he asked the owner about it and got told that the floor had been free for a week and was therefore available for filming. He used it, and spent lunch breaks in the room he occupied as a child.

The scene where children throw stones at a dog is inspired by a real event from Carlos Iglesias' childhood. He witnessed how several children killed, using a lead pipe, a pair of dogs that had become stuck after copulating.