Laia Laiona

Another Sergi Rubió film influenced by John Hughes's Teen movies and Molly Ringwald's.

The plot having taken place in a high-school, at some point during the shoot it was decided that we should film the exterior facade of the building. This was done in hopes that spectators abroad would not figure out that what they were seeing was in fact the ESCAC film academy, as can be read so clearly in this particular shot.

In the opening credits we see: A JOHN HUGHES 'PRETTY IN PINK' TRIBUTE

In the first edited version of the film, Sergi Rubió realized that he could not somehow create filler in the editing process to make up for what might have been lacking in the script: the ensuing crisis was resolved perhaps a bit too simplistically and consisted in extending the scene in which the character of Laia breaks down in tears. (The editing for this scene went on for 2 days, with 2 different versions created in the same period of time.)

Features Babel (2006)