AS SILENCE PASSES BY

Blending fiction with realism, and professional with non-professional actors, Spanish director Sandra Romero makes her cinematic debut with a story that brings family tensions to the surface, in a documentary style. The dissipated intimacy between two brothers begins to resurface when Antonio returns to his town in Andalusia for Easter holidays, to a collapsing family home, to help his twin brother Javier, who has a congenital disease. They will have to face conflicts from the past, feelings of loneliness, and reproaches that will culminate in a tension-filled confrontation. Antonio must confront the dilemma of whether to stay and try to fix things or go back to his own life. The main roles are portrayed by two brothers, professional actor Antonio Araque and amateur actor Javier Araque, who lays bare the illness afflicting him in front of the camera. The film premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival and won the Special Jury Prize and the Best Actor Award at the Almería Film Festival, as well as the Jury Award for Best Film at the LesGaiCineMad Festival.