2009 Torino Glbt Film Festival: Catalonian filmmaker Ventura Pons (above right, with festival director Giovanni Minerba) presents his latest feature, Forasters / Strangers. Pons, among whose credits are Actresses (1997), Caresses (1998), Food of Love (2002), and Barcelona, a Map (2007), was also given a special award for his contributions to gay cinema. (Photo: M. Maldonado.) In Strangers, a traditional family goes through two traumatic experiences over the course of four decades. First, one family members passes away; later on, their apparent familial harmony is disrupted by the arrival of two neighbors, strangers. Directed and adapted by Ventura Pons from a play by Sergi Belbel, Strangers stars Anna Lizaran, Joan Pera, Manel Barceló, Aida Oset, Dafnis Balduz, and Nao Albet. ...
- 4/26/2009
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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