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Con la cruz a cuestas/With the cross on one's back

68 minutes | Family | 2002 |

Documentaries

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DOCUMENTARY ABOUT CHARACTERS HISTORICAL AND RELIGIOUS OF THE SACRED CATHOLIC WEEK IN SPAIN / SOBRE LA SEMANA SANTA CATÓLICA EN ESPAÑA

Synopsis

Con la cruz a cuestas/'With the cross on one's back' is a video picture documentary about differents aspects historicals, religious, artistics, ethnografics and socials of the sacred catholic week in anywhere city of Spain. The style 'castilian' and the own's 'sevillian' of this celebratión are present in this document because both styles are universals in Spain and around the world. The video picture have a cinematographic conception in its final results: photography, edition... 'Con la cruz a cuestas' is a documental picture that will like to the cinema lovers and some people and families will enjoy it with its proccesional artistic steps going away in the city streets full of devoted and turistic people.The two brotherhoods that appears in the documentary are: 'Cofradía de la Pasión del Señor' and 'Cofradía de Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Salud y María Santísima de la Esperanza Macarena', both established in Guadalajara, Spain.

Director's Statement

'CON LA CRUZ A CUESTAS'es un largometraje documental en video digital con vocación de película cinematográfica. Es, por tanto, mi ópera prima documental. En esta obra, destaca su excelente fotografía artística así como el ritmo interno muy medido del montaje que consigue que esta obra audiovisual, con apenas 10 minutos de narración de voz en español, mantenga el interés narrativo durante 68 minutos ininterrumpidos. El largometraje documental es, por tanto, muy visual y estético, está apoyado sobre música tradicional grabada en directo y contiene algunas notas dramáticas y de ficción argumental que lo enriquecen expresivamente. D.R.G.

  • Directed by
    DAVID RECIO GIL
  • Written by
    DAVID RECIO GIL
  • Produced by
    DAVID RECIO GIL - FOTOARTE CASTAÑON, S.A.
Directed by: DAVID RECIO GIL
Written by: DAVID RECIO GIL
Produced by: DAVID RECIO GIL - FOTOARTE CASTAÑON, S.A.

Cast

: JAVIER BOROBIA VEGAS
: DAVID ESCRIBANO

Crew

: BROTHERS OF THE BROTHERHOOD 1
: BROTHERS OF THE BROTHERHOOD 2

In year 2000 I locuted some local tv programs in 'Canal Marengo TV' about the sacred catholic week in my city. The audiovisual experience was very interested for me; and that programs were edited in video VHS and sold in 'ExpoGuadalajara', a commercial and industrial meeting fair. Finally, in year 2002, I spoke with Javier Castañón, photographer and cameraman and him in his function and me in the screenplay and direction filmed the documentary in Digital-S format in a few days. Later, I realized the technical edition in my own television, at home by the night, along a month, writing the secuential takes and shots on my owns notebooks.
A lot of much people saw the documentary and liked and enjoyed it at theaters, DVD and Tv. Other people,yesterday and today, working or dedicated to video and cinema world in my city, don't saw or don't wanted to see my documentary in that moment. 'Con la cruz a cuestas' was my first feature videofilm. I'm Sorry. The End.
David Recio

  • DAVID RECIO GIL

    Director

    DAVID RECIO GIL