A marriage of minds where two writers dissect craft, love, and the chaos of creating.
María del Puy Alvarado, through her production company Malvalanda, faced the proposal to produce a documentary about the writer Antonio Muñoz Molina, in one of the programmes offered by Televisión Española to give an account of the great creators of Spanish culture and in Spanish. On this occasion, the approach to the Andalusian writer reveals a rich portrait that comes from the writer's self-reflection who, in many moments, is spurred by the interlocution of his life partner and also writer, Elvira Lindo.
Writing
Rare unguarded glimpse into how a novelist actually thinks.
Direction
Giménez Sarmiento lets silence and glances do the heavy lifting.
Director
Álvaro Giménez Sarmiento
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of TVE's 'Imprescindibles' series, this represents rare state-funded cultural preservation in austerity-era Spain.
Muñoz Molina and Lindo wrote in separate apartments for years — the documentary captures their first sustained on-camera collaboration.
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