Telling the intertwining stories of five local characters, La Plaga offers a moving portrait of life in the outskirts of Barcelona. Raül is a farmer trying to produce organic food. Lurie is a Moldavian wrestler, scraping a living helping Raül on the farm. Slowly, their personal histories entwine with those of three solitary women: Maria, an elder who has to leave her life-long country house to live in a retirement home, Rose, a nurse from Philippines who has just arrived in the country, and Maribel, a prostitute with ever-diminishing clients.
Event
We are pleased to welcome producer Pau Subirós for a post-screening Q&A.
This special screening forms part of the Annual Conference of the Anglo Catalan Society held at The University of Manchester from 1-3 November 2013.
With the support of the Federació Internacional d’Associacions de Catalanística, in association with El Kinògraf Film Productions, and facilitated by the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, The University of Manchester.