LA MERCED

A FEATURE FILM BY MARIO SANZ | CO-WRITTEN WITH CLARA RUS · IN DEVELOPMENT
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Everyone is at the mercy of something, waiting to reach it or to be reached by it. For the community of carters suppling the kingdom and the needs of the crown, mercy means redeeming work and reward. For Mercedes, mercy means being dependent on a greater will that compels her to see the sea, driving her to defy an unwritten law that for generations has made children an extension of their parents' lives; she steals a family cart loaded with a highly valuable oil for waterproofing ships and drives it to the port of Pasaia. In a journey of adventures between past and future times, between the living and the dead, between the mountains and the coast, her destiny becomes intertwined with a band of pirates who, aboard a ship anchored off the French coast, wait at the mercy of the wind to venture out to sea again.

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Todo el mundo está a Merced de algo, a la espera de alcanzarlo o de que lo alcance. Para la comunidad de carreteros, transportistas que abastecen al reino y las necesidades de la corona, la merced significa la redención del trabajo y la recompensa recibida. Para Mercedes, la merced es depender de una voluntad que la empuja a ver el mar, y para ello, desafía una ley no escrita que durante generaciones ha hecho que los hijos sean una prologación de las vidas de sus progenitores; roba un carro familiar cargado con un aceite de gran valor para impermeabilizar barcos y lo transporta hasta el puerto de Pasaia. En un viaje de aventuras entre tiempos pasados y futuros, vivos y muertos, entre la sierra y la costa, se desarrolla su destino entrelazado con el de una banda de piratas que a bordo de un barco anclado frente a la costa francesa, esperan a merced del viento para volver a adentrarse en el mar.

CINEMA PENDENT: LABORATORIO DE DESARROLLO DE PROYECTOS


27/10/2023 | L’ALTERNATIVA
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Fiction
90 minutes | Spain-France 2027

DEVELOPMENT LAB

︎︎︎CINEMA PENDENT - L’ALTERNATIVA | Spain, NOV 2023


CREDITS

Direction - MARIO SANZ
Script - MARIO SANZ, CLARA RUS
Production - ORNA CINE