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UN SITIO DONDE QUEDARSE (A PLACE TO STAY)

Marta Arribas, Ana Pérez de la Fuente
85' / 2014 / Spain
Web: www.lavozqueyoamo.com/unsitiodondequedarse
Spanish
English subtitled

Samya and Adrián are two vulnerable teenagers who have grown up without the support of a caring home or any emotional stability. When they turn 18 they have to leave the care home where they have spent most of their lives and face the world alone.
Adrián is a solitary boy who has difficulties showing his emotions and relating with others. Samya is an emotional whirlwind, whose lack of self-esteem makes her desperate to please anyone she meets.
Having struggled to survive on the streets of Madrid, with no home and no jobs, Samya and Adrián find support, company and motivation in Mario, Carlos and Bea, three teachers who now provide the only direction the young couple have in their lives.
Samya and Adrián are alone. They are the denizens of shelters and food kitchens, but they dream of a better life.
We follow their struggles, successes and failures, as they try to keep a roof over their head, find friends and a place to call home.

Main Festivals & Awards

Festival de Málaga 2014 - Sección Oficial

Director's Biography

Graduates in Journalism and Audiovisual Sciences respectively, Marta and Ana have spent their careers making social documentaries and programmes for a number of state television channels. They were the team behind the Telemadrid programme "30 minutes", directed by Marta and produced by Ana.
In 2005 they directed their first documentary, El Tren de la Memoria, which won a number of awards, including the Jury Award at the Malaga Film Festival, and was included in the official section of several national and international festivals, including the Spanish Cinema Now festival at the New York Lincoln Center, la Biennale du Cinéma Espagnol de Annecy, the Miami International Film Festival and the Guadalajara International Film Festival in Mexico. In 2009 they premiered their feature length documentary Cómicos, which was nominated for a 2010 Goya award for best feature length documentary, while it also competed in the official "History Time" section of the Festival de Valladolid Seminci. In 2010 they directed the short film Fotógrafos en la Guerra Civil Española. At DocumentaMadrid they will be presenting their latest work, co-directed this year and recently premiered as part of the official section of the Malaga Festival. Un Sitio donde Quedarse will be competing in the Panorama section.

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