FOCUS SPAIN/ FOCUS ALBERT SERRA
Special Jury Prize – Un certain Regard, Cannes 2019
Directed by: Albert SERRA
Year of production: 2019
Country: FRANCE, PORTUGAL, SPAIN, GERMANY
Genre: drama
Length: 134 minutes
1774, shortly before the French Revolution, somewhere between Potsdam and Berlin. Madame de Dumeval, the Duke de Tesis and the Duke de Wand, libertines expelled from the puritanical court of Louis XVI, seek the support of the legendary Duc de Walchen, German seducer and freethinker, lonely in a country where hypocrisy and false virtue reign. Their mission is to export libertinage, a philosophy of enlightenment founded on the rejection of moral boundaries and authorities, but moreover to find a safe place to pursue their errant games, where the quest for pleasure no longer obeys laws other than those dictated by unfulfilled desires.
Albert SERRA – Director
Albert SERRA – Script / Dialogue
Artur TORT – Cinematography
Jordi RIBAS – Sound
Rosa THARRATS – Costumes designer
Ariadna RIBAS – Film Editor
Marc VERDAGUER – Music
Ferran FONT – Music
Helmut BERGER – Duke of Walchen
Theodora MARCADE – Ms de Dumeval
Marc SUSINI – Count de Tesis
Iliana ZABETH – Ms de Geldöbel
Laura POULVET – Ms de Jensling
Baptiste PINTEAUX – Mr Wand
Alex GARCIA DUTTMANN – Count Alexis Danshire
Lluis SERAT – Armin
Lluís SERRAT – Armin
Xavier PEREZ – Captain Benjamin Hephie
Francesc DARANAS – Libertine
Catalin JUGRAVU – Catalin
Montse TRIOLA – Ms Montavrile
Safira ROBENS – Ms Rubens