Synopsis
Ana is a young, well-educated Spanish woman from a traditional, middle-class family. She is about to finish her PhD in Law and get married but she doesn’t feel fulfilled. One day, a doppelganger takes her place in life, dealing with all her responsibilities. Realizing for the first time that she is totally free, Ana decides to explore her new anonymity and freedom, testing her own limits and searching for the meaning of life, between a boarding-house and cabaret nights in Madrid. However, at one point routine also arrives to her new life and a question haunts her: Is it possible to ever run away from oneself?
Presented by the artistic team
Filmmaker
Andrea Jaurrieta
She has a degree in Audiovisual Communication from the Complutense University of Madrid, a master’s degree in Direction from ESCAC and a diploma in Dramatic Art from the William Layton Laboratory. She has directed and produced several short films, and in 2018 she debuted with the feature Ana By Day, the closing film of the D’A, nominated for the Goya. In 2023 she repeated her presence by presenting the short Ice Crushed Whales and a year later she will close the D’A again with her second feature, Nina. At the same time, she teaches classes in schools such as ECAM or ESCAC.
Filmography: Nina (2024, D'A 2024), Ice Crushed Whales (short film, 2022, D'A 2023), Ana By Day (2018, D'A 2018), Algunas aves vuelan solas (short film, 2016), Los años dirán (short film, 2013), A pleno sol (short film, 2012), Todos acabaremos solos (short film, 2011), S.E.D. (short film, 2009), Entresuelo (short film, 2008)
