A look at the life and work of Spanish filmmaker and film critic Fernando Méndez-Leite, as he writes his memoirs and a novel with autobiographical resonances.
Acting
Méndez-Leite's unguarded presence, wrestling with his own image.
Writing
Blends memoir and fiction until neither feels real.
Director
Moisés Salama
Fernando Méndez-Leite
Self - Filmmaker
Héctor Alterio
Self - Actor
Alberto Ammann
Self - Actor
Mariano Barroso
Self - Filmmaker
Ana Belén
Self - Actress
Fiorella Faltoyano
Self - Actress
Fernando Franco
Self - Film Editor
José Luis García Sánchez
Self - Filmmaker
Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
Self - Filmmaker
Julia Gutiérrez Caba
Self - Actress
Gerardo Herrero
Self - Film Producer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Méndez-Leite spent years as Spain's most feared film critic before directing; this is revenge served cold, on himself.
The film captures a vanishing generation of Spanish cinema—Barroso, Belén, Alterio all testify while the witnesses remain.
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