The Dead Man and Being Happy
By Javier Rebollo • 2012 • Drama • 01h34
Buenos Aires. On the top floor of a huge public hospital an old spaniard who has spent half his life in Argentina is about to die. Tough, funny and somewhat tender, the man, a wasted professional killer, decides to run away and happily loaded with morphine sets out on a trip up North to nowhere. On the road he picks up a girl who will become his faithfull squire in a two thousand kilometer journey full of black humor.
San Sebastian 2012 – Official Selection – FIPRESCI Award & Silver Shell for Best Actor to José Sacristan
New York Film Festival 2012 – Official Selection
Cinespaña Toulouse FF – Best Film & Best Actress
BFI London 2012
Warsaw 2012
Viennale 2012
CineHorizontes 2012 – Marseille
Tbilisi FF 2012
Havana IFF 2012
Kochi IFF 2012
Palm Springs IFF 2013
Black Movie FF 2013
Rotterdam IFF 2013 – Spectrum Section
Sofia IFF 2013
Vilnius IFF 2013
Tetuan FF 2013
Istanbul IFF 2013
Festival du Cinéma Espagnol de Nantes 2013 – Young Public Award
Festival de Cine Argentino – UK
MOOOV IFF 2013 – Belgium
Jeonju IFF 2013
Original title: El Muerto y Ser Feliz
Director: Javier Rebollo
Casting: José Sacristan, Roxana Blanco
Production company: Eddie Saeta, Iconica, Lolita Films, Utopica, Noodles
Country: Spain, Argentina, France
Production year: 2012
Language: Spanish
Runtime: 01h34
