New Spanish Titles

A man is found hanged in a pinewood on the outskirts of Madrid, his eyes torn out by the roots. In one of his pockets is a mysterious scrap of paper with thee names and the address of a woman: Sara Azcárraga, who lives a few miles from the scene of the crime. Fragile, solitary, a secret vodka drinker, Sara eschews all human contact and works from home.

In the midst of the euphoria at the arrival of the new millennium, a Caribbean musicologist receives an invitation from a well-known fashion designer to collaborate on a strange exhibition. They are united by their great interest in the shapes of the animal world.

'That's what friendship should be. Those invisible ties with a person you haven't seen for fifteen years but you feel like you just spoke to them yesterday.' Kim and Laura meet at university. They come from different worlds. Seductive and carefree, he is the son of a hotelier from the paseo de Gracia in Barcelona.

Situated on the border between life and death, High Heaven is an unusual site of pilgrimage, an abandoned town which holds a mysterious attraction for the suicidal. There a man dressed as a scarecrow plays the part of angel (and gravedigger) and acts with the innocence and ineptitude typical of silent cinema comedies.