ROUGH WINDS

• José Luís García Pérez
• Cuca Escribano
• Roberto Enríquez
• Alberto Jiménez
• Carmen Elías
• Andrés Gertrudix

Following the public success of “Malena es un nombre de tango,” Gerardo Herrero takes on an original by Almudena Grandes for the second time in his career as a filmmaker. A drama with elements of suspense and an entirely different project to the previous one, in which a man tormented by his past will seek a reason to carry on living. Shot in Cadiz, one of the most marvellous cities in the world, where the easterly and westerly winds that the title refers to affect the life of all the population. Winner of a Gold Biznaga to the Best Film at Malaga Spanish Film Festival in 2006.

Juan Olmedo is 40. From the shipwreck he survived, he was able to saveonly his niece and mentally retarded brother. Behind him, in a different city, he left a past as dramatic and capricious as the winds that lash the Atlantic Coast of Cádiz he chose as his new home, to run away from his memories. In this out-of-the-way place, Juan meets Maribel, his cleaning lady, and Sara, another “outsider” and newcomer like himself. They unexpectedly help him face the memories that torment him relentlessly: a star-crossed love affair with his brother’s wife, and the mysterious death of the brother he both loved best and hated most: Damián.