In this, the latest film by Jaume Balagueró, a world-famous genre director discovered at Sitges Film Festival, César works as a doorman in a wealthy neighborhood and lives with his old ailing mother. He despises the rich residents in the building but pays close attention to one of them, Clara, a beautiful and cheery woman. After finding she has a boyfriend, César plans to wipe the smile off her face. –BIFF
Jaume Balagueró i Bernat (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈʒawme βalaɣeˈɾo]) (born 2 November 1968 in Lleida, Spain), is a Catalan film director widely known for his horror films.
Jaume Balagueró was born in Lleida, and grew up in Barcelona. He studied communications and photography at the University of Barcelona, graduating in 1991 with a degree in Communication Sciences. In 1992, Balagueró began work as a film journalist and radio host with the show “La espuma de los días” on Radio Hospitalet.
Balagueró began his filmmaking career with the short video projects El niño bubónico (1991) and La invención de la leche (1993). In 1994, Balagueró graduated to shooting on 35mm with the short film Alicia (1994). The film won the prize for Best Short film at the Sitges Film Festival. Balagueró returned with the short Days without Light (1995), which achieved similar success on the festival circuit.
Balagueró made his feature-length film debut with The Nameless (1999). Based on the… read more