"The Stranger’s Land” is a personal documentary about my return to my hometown, Cervera, after a very long absence. It consists of a compilation of different moments, encounters and landscapes I encountered during a five-month stay.

Since Cervera is the place where I spent my childhood and where my first memories reside, the “time” factor, in all its senses, soon became a central element of the project as it unfolded. My home revealed itself like a pool of time in which I could see my reflection while at the same time I could see life itself passing by. In this way, the documentary addresses in a contemplative way the subject of time understood as the different periods of a human life.

Finally, “The Stranger’s Land” has an anthropological dimension, since it portrays a very particular way of life, through its people, traditions, and landscape.

DIRECTOR, CINEMATOGRAPHY, EDITING, SOUND, PRODUCTION: Xavier Marrades. COLORIST: Jerome Thelia. SOUND MIX: Ander Agudo.

FESTIVALS

Munich International Film Festival. Official Selection. 2010

Festival Internacional de Cine Alcances. Official Selection. 2010

Muestra Internacional de Documental de Colombia. Bogotá. 2010

Anthology Film Archives. New York City

One of the best undistributed films of the year

Amy Taubin, IndieWire

"Marrades creates a stunning tapestry of moments that define both a real place and the emotional memory of it..."

Milton Tabbot, Senior Director of Programming, IFP