Hispano-Swiss production They will be dustdirected by the filmmaker Carlos Marques-Marcet (10,000 KM, The days to come), will open the 69th edition of the Valladolid International Film Week on October 18.
In They will be dustMarques-Marcet once again puts the focus on the human condition. If in his previous works he addressed the arrival of a new life (The days to come) and love (10.000 KM, Mainland), on this occasion proposes an emotional journey in the form of a musical tragicomedy about the consequences of choosing to end one’s own life.
The film stars an outstanding cast of actors headed by Angela Molinathe Chilean actor Alfredo Castro (The Club, Neruda) and the Catalan actress Monica Almirall, founder of the company Atresbandes (Desert, Global aspect of an issue)which makes its big screen debut.
After being diagnosed with a terminal illness, Claudia (Ángela Molina) decides to make her last trip to Switzerland. Flavio (Alfredo Castro), who has not left her side in forty years, decides to accompany her on this journey of no return. Her daughter Violeta (Mònica Almirall) becomes a mediator between her parents and everything they leave behind, while she searches for her place in this story of unconditional love.
Written by Marques-Marcet together with Clara Roquet (screenwriter of the films premiered at Seminci Freedom –which he also directed- or Let no one sleep) y Coral Cruz (One for all), the soundtrack is by the artist, singer and composer Maria Arnal –RTVE Ojo Crítico Award and best album and best song at the Independent Music Awards in 2018-, and who also composed with John Talabot the piece AIR for the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale.
In addition, the choreographies of the film are the creation of The Veronala prestigious dance company founded and directed by Marcos MorauNational Dance Prize in 2013 and Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture in 2023. With La Veronal, he has toured international festivals and theatres such as the Théâtre National de Chaillot in Paris, the Biennale di Venezia or the Festival d’Avignon.
From love to death through comedy, drama, music, dance… According to Marques-Marcet, his film “It asks questions about the questions we all ask ourselves: how we want to live and stop living, how we want to be with the people around us, how we share our decisions with our loved ones, how we support and understand each other.” For the director, “It is an honour to open Seminci, a festival with a long history that has helped boost the careers of many filmmakers, and to share with the public this very unique film, which I am very fond of. It took us a lot of effort to make it, but I think Polvo será is quite original and special, and it will not leave anyone indifferent.”.
Shot in Barcelona, the Italian Alps and SwitzerlandDust will be It is a production of the company Lastor Media of Tone Folguera y Ariadne Dot (Creature, Suro, Mediterranean, The teacher who promised the sea); the Swiss Alina Film de Eugenia Mumenthaler y David Epineyproducer of Open doors and windows (Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival), The year of discovery, The water o Azor; and the Italian Kino Produzioni (La bella estate, My Summer with Irene, Alcarràs) of John PompiliThe film has the collaboration of ICAA, ICEC and MEDIA – Creative Europe, with the support of RTVE, Movistar Plus+, Direzione Generale Cinema e Audiovisivo del Ministry of Culture DGCA – MIC, IDM Film Fund & Commission Südtirol Alto Adige and Eurimages. The film will be distributed in Spanish cinemas by Wanda Vision and Elástica Films.
