Strange River

Sixteen-year-old Dídac and his family are spending the summer holidays on a cycling trip along the Danube. An unexpected encounter with another boy changes the course of the journey. His enigmatic presence awakens new feelings in Dídac and disrupts his relationship with his family.

Because Strange River was inspired by its perceptive director's memories, every character exists with the strength of real life and emotions that loudly resonates with our own experience of family, even as they are expressed with a whisper or a simple look.

It is incredibly delicate and at the same time a great number of things at once.

It's a film about family, about emotional education from parents to children — and vice versa: what parents can learn from their children. It is a film about a brother, Biel, two years younger, who perceives and tries to understand the state of change Dídac is undergoing.

It's a film about a mother, whose ability to feel has remained as powerful as that of a teenager, and who tries to enjoy the summer's simple things while her inside volcano is refusing to be now seen as dormant.

It is a tribute to family, and of portraying the vocation and passion of parents who pass on life and art to their children.

One of the most beautiful films ever made on the emotional availability - and lucidity - of youth.

This film is eligible for the Spirit of the Festival Award for Best Film award and Best Screenplay.