Private Project

FINLANDIA

The aftermath of an earthquake. In the town of Juchitán de Zaragoza a woman scrambles through the ruins of a house for a loved one. She searches frantically through the rubble, and then stops. She has found something. Someone. With her bare hands, she claws at the rubble, the masonry and the dust to uncover a body. A face. At first it appears to be the face of a man, then as she clears more of the dust, we see that it’s the face of a woman, her ears weighed down by large gold earrings, a dust encrusted garland in her hair. It is the face of DELIRIO, and she is dead.

We see that same face, alive and well, a few weeks earlier. She is dressed in a traditional Zapotec dress, her hair collected in that garland of flowers, her face made up. She sits at a dressing table and begins removing her make up. The more make up she takes off, the more she reveals masculine features, her jawbone, her nose, her mouth. Slowly, Delirio reveals herself to us as a man in middle age. Except that she is not a man, and neither is she a woman. She is a muxe. Arranged around the dressing table mirror are a series of postcards of a foreign country. She looks away from her own reflection to one of those cards. and picks one up. On the front of the postcard is an image of a forest landscape: pine trees, lakes, blue skies. Finland.

  • Horacio Alcala
    Director
    GRAZING THE SKY
  • JESUS CABALLERO
    Writer
  • AITOR ECHEVERRIA
    Producer
    GRAZIG THE SKY
  • NOE HERNANDEZ
    Key Cast
    "DELIRIO"
  • ANDREA GUASCH
    Key Cast
    "MARTA"
    LA LLAMADA
  • ANGELES CRUZ
    Key Cast
    "SARA"
    NUDO MIXTECO
  • CUAUHTLI JIMENEZ
    Key Cast
    "AMARANTA"
    MALVERDE
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Genres:
    drama
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 27 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    July 27, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    1,020,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Spain
  • Country of Filming:
    Mexico
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    4K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • CONINELLE FILM PLACEMENT
    Sales Agent
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights, Video on Demand
Director Biography - Horacio Alcala

Guadalajara, 1978. Film director and script writer graduated from the former European Inter-University in Italy, his visual work includes not only fiction and documentary films but also contemporary visual art. Horacio is a creative artist, leading brainstorming and creative sessions based on the requirements of the Project. He gained his experience through independent projects in Berlin, feature films in France, as well as documentaries and short films in Spain. He speaks Spanish, English, French and German fluently and his work have been shown worldwide, including at the Boston Film Festival, New York Film Festival and Tokyo Environmental Film Festival.

2018 “Thy Kingdom Come” (in production) Documentary/ English, Spanish/ 80min./ colour/ RED ONE/ with the support of Ibermedia Programme, Locations: Vigo, ES. Budapest, HU. Paris, FR. Guadalajara, MX.

2014. Grazing the Sky / A ras del cielo” (in production) Documentary/ English, French and German/ 80min./ colour/ RED ONE/ with the support of Ibermedia Programme, Cirque du Soleil and the European Federation of Circus Schools.

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Director Statement

My principal areas of professional experience have been in filmmaking since the age of 17. I believe that my creative experience can facilitate contact with teams working in the arts and entertainment. At the same time, my experience in production gives me a base for contacting, negotiating and working in team as well as leading to a succesfull result.