Bullet in the Head

Tiro en la cabeza

A seemingly ordinary man who is consumed by random encounters and petty tasks ends up in a car with two other men, on a journey of no return. A meditation on the nature of violence, which gives a new definition of “observational cinema,” purposefully following an elliptical form to encourage the viewers to approach the object of observation at their discretion, filling in the gaps with their own interpretation of the events.
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Direction: Jaime Rosales
Script: Jaime Rosales
Cinematography: Óscar Durán
Editing: Nino Martínez Sosa
Sound: Carlos Garrido
Actors: Asun Arretxe, Ion Arretxe, Nerea Cobreros, Iván Moreno De Toro, Monique Durin-Noury
Producers: Jaime Rosales, José María Morales, Jérôme Dopffer
Art Direction: Ion Arretxe
Executive producer: Miguel Morales
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Spain, France
Production Year: 2008
Duration: 85΄
Contact: The Match Factory, info@matchfactory.de
Awards/Distinctions: FIPRESCI Award – San Sebastián IFF 2008

Jaime Rosales

After receiving a degree in Business Economics from ESADE, his devotion to film was fostered when he won a scholarship in 1996 to study film at the prestigious International Film and Television School in San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV) in Havana and then at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) in Sydney. He has given courses, talks and lectures at numerous universities, film schools and art centers. Of special note among his collaborations and participations are the following: the Prado Museum, Caixa Forum, the Picasso Foundation in Málaga, the Reina Sofía Museum, the Centre Georges Pompidou, the Artium Vitoria Museum, CCCB in Barcelona, the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Universidad Carlos III, Universidad of Barcelona, Universidad Pompeu Fabra, ECAM, EICTV, ESADE, New York University, Université de Lyon, and IBAFF. In March 2014, he had a full retrospective of his work shown at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. He has received the National Culture Award by the Generalitat de Catalunya and he is been honored Knight of the Arts and Letters by France’s Ministry of Culture.

Filmography

2003 The Hours of the Day
2007 La soledad
2008 Bullet in the Head
2014 Beautiful Youth
2018 Petra
2022 Wild Flowers