Luis Miñarro, Director, Falling Star (Stella Cadente).
Festival Section: New Perspectives.
FRED catches up once again with Luis Miñarro for a more in depth look at his very original take on the period film genre with his film FALLING STAR (Stella Cadente), from the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014. We also look at how the film has been received at the different film festival it has been shown in.
A king overcomes his loneliness by indulging in playful adventures and carnal pleasures. A hallucinatory look into the brief reign of the Spanish king Amadeo I of Savoy in the early 1870s. Lacking the personality of a ruler and treated with contempt by his court, Amadeo withdraws into himself and becomes a prisoner in his own palace. To escape his loneliness, he seeks escape in playful adventures and carnal pleasures. A melancholic and funny period film amplified by saturated colors, extravagant sets and costumes, and a wild soundtrack that spans a century of music.
Reporter: Matt Micucci.