Beautiful Youth

Hermosa juventud

Natalia and Carlos are two 20-year-old lovers who try to survive in today’s Spain, keeping their expectations low. In order to gain some money, they decide to shoot an amateur porn film. But the birth of their daughter will change the way they work and think. A portrait of the most beautiful and cruelest age, given with creativity and reverence for the power of realism.

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Direction: Jaime Rosales

Script: Jaime Rosales

Cinematography: Pau Esteve Birba

Editing: Lucía Casal

Sound: Miguel Carretero, Alberto Herena, Marcos Salso, Nicolás Tsabertidis

Music: Juan Gómez-Acebo

Actors: Ingrid Garcia-Jonsson, Carlos Rodriguez, Inma Nieto, Fernando Barona

Producers: Jérôme Dopffer

Art Direction: Victoria Paz Álvarez

Costumes: Beatriz Robledo

Make Up: Pedro Raúl de Diego, Coral Peñas, Irene Puche

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Spain, France

Production Year: 2014

Duration: 102΄

Distribution in Greece: StraDa Films

Contact: Luxbox, festivals@luxboxfilms.com

Awards/Distinctions: Ecumenical Special Jury Award ("Un Certain Regard") – Cannes IFF 2012

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.