Estel fugaç

The brief reign of Amadeo of Savoy, an Italian duke who occupied the Spanish throne towards the end of the 19th century, became the topic of the feature debut by well-known Catalan producer Luis Miñarro. In place of a realistic account, he presents a surrealistic portrait of a man incapable of seizing power, comprising individual scenes whose significance we have to fathom for ourselves. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)