SHIVER (ESKALOFRIO)

Spain, 2007, Thriller / Horror 97’, Colour, 35mm, France Premiere Spanish, with French and English subtitles

Director: Isidro Ortiz Producers: Alvara Augustin, Ramon Vidal Screenplay: Isitro Ortiz, José Gamo, Alejandro Hernandez Photography: Josep M. Civit	Editing: Bernat Aragones Music: Fernanco Velasquez Special effects: Arturo Balceiro, José M. Meneses
Cast: Junio Valverde, Mar Sodupe; Blanca Suadrez, Jimy Barrnatan

Synopsis

From harsh urban glares to the subdued daylight and fluid shadows of a remote mountain village in Spain – lightness and darkness merge into an ever present leitmotif in this Spanish thriller. Santi, a teenage boy, is marginalised by a severe allergy to sunlight. If overexposed, he breaks out in deforming blisters. He dreams of a better life in the long nights of Lapland, however, his mother settles instead for life in a small Spanish village. Wedged deeply into a mountain valley, it is shielded naturally from sunlight most of the day. Almost immediately after their arrival, two murders occur, linked to an unknown presence in the forest and to Santi himself. But things are not what they seem. Santi is not the only one who has fled light to seek solace in darkness.     

ISIDRO ORTIZ

After a career in advertising and television with Canal Plus, Isidro Ortiz directed his first feature film in 1998, Faust 5.0, and won the Golden Méliès for Best European Fantastic Film. Shiver, his second feature film, was selected to appear at Berlin Festival in the Panorama section in 2008

Production: A Punto la Postpo, Fausto Producciones Cinematográficas, Telecinco Cinema Production, Televisiό de Catalunya (TV3)
World sales: Coach 14, France www.coach14.net
Site : www.escalofriolapelicula.com

SHIVER trailer