Tiro en la cabeza (2008)

Director:

Jaime Rosales

Writer:

Jaime Rosales (written by)

Release Date:

3 October 2008 (Spain)

Genre:

Drama

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Asun Arretxe	...	Asun
Ion Arretxe	...	Ion
Nerea Cobreros	...	Ane
Monique Durin-Noury	...	Dueña casa Francia
Manza Gebara	...	Abogado 2
Diego Gutiérrez	...	Guardia Civil Maqueda
José Ángel Lopetegui	...	Amigo
Iván Moreno	...	Guardia Civil Alonso
Jaione Otxone	...	Garbiñe
Stephanie Pecastaing	...	Stephanie
Iñigo Royo	...	Lara
Mikel Tello	...	Abogado 1
Gilles Vaxelaire	...	Dueño casa Francia
Ana Vila	...	Susana

Directed by
Jaime Rosales

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jaime Rosales		written by

Produced by
Jérôme Dopffer	....	producer
José María Morales	....	producer
Miguel Morales	....	executive producer
Jaime Rosales	....	producer

Cinematography by
Óscar Durán

Film Editing by
Nino Martínez Sosa

Art Direction by
Ion Arretxe

Production Management
Bárbara Díez	....	production manager

Sound Department
Carlos Garrido	....	sound mixer
Mario González	....	mixer assistant
David Machado	....	sound editor
David Machado	....	sound
Ricardo Viñas	....	dolby sound consultant

Camera and Electrical Department
Eva Aycart	....	second assistant camera
Manuel Álvarez	....	first assistant camera

Editorial Department
Miguel P. Gilaberte	....	color timer

Thanks
Ángel Hernández Zoido	....	thanks
Felipe Vega	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Fresdeval Films

Distributors

• Bodega Films (2009) (France) (theatrical)

Also Known As:

"Bullet in the Head" - USA (festival title)
"Un tir dans la tête" - France
"Kulkou do hlavy" - Czech Republic
"Tiro na Cabeça" - Brazil

Runtime:

USA:85 min

Country:

Spain | France

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Donostia-San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco, Spain

Company:

Fresdeval Films

Trivia:

Filming took two weeks.

Imperfect but much needed experiment.

Already in production when Rosales got several Goya awards for the outstanding "La soledad", "Tiro en la cabeza" echoes another experiment made by Alan Clarke in the late 1980s called "Elephant". It is a cold, austere work that doesn't allow the viewer to feel for or identify with the characters for most of its duration. Rosales makes sure of this by using an almost surveillance-like camera-work. It all feels very distant. Sound-wise, the Spanish filmmaker keep us away from the dialogue too; politically mistreated and overexploited feature in the Basque conflict that, although present in the film, we don't have access to. The general decontextualization and the suppression of the ideological element in the film help to accentuate the absurdity in the final events. Overall, an imperfect but much needed both exploration of the possibilities of cinema and view on the Basque conflict.