CREW:
Written and directed by JULIO MEDEM. Produced by FERNANDO DE GARCILLAN and RICARDO GARCIA ARROJO for SOGETEL. Direction of photography: GONZALO F. BERRIDI. Edited by MARÍA ELENA SAINZ DE ROZAS. Score: ALBERTO IGLESIAS. Sound: JULIO RECUERO and EDUARDO FERNÁNDEZ. Art Direction: SATUR IDARRETA. Special Effects: REYES ABADES. Costume Design: MARIA ISABEL GUTIERREZ. Make-up: GREGORIO MENDIRI. Hairdressing: PILAR BORJA. Locations: San Sebastian, San Martin de Valdeiglesias, Pelayos de la Presa, Usanos, Valsain, El Pardo and Madrid. Running time: 114 minutes. Date of premiere: on April 21, 1993.

CAST:
EMMA SUAREZ (Lisa/Sofia). NANCHO NOVO (Jota). CARMELO GOMEZ (Felix). MARIA BARRANCO (Carmen). KARRA ELEJALDE (Anton). ELENA IRURETA (Begoña). ANE SANCHEZ (Cristina). ENEKO IRIZAR (Alberto). CRISTINA MARCOS (Girl blue hair). MONICA MOLINA (Girl red hair). CHETE LERA (Salvador). GUSTAVO SALMERON (Luis Alfonso). TXEMA BLASCO (Neurologist). ANA GRACIA (Psychiatrist). SUSANA GARCIA (Eli). ROBERTO CAIRO (Michel).

SYNOPSIS:

    A summer night, in San Sebastian, Jota is knocking himself against the rail of hte pier, trying to encourage himself to throw to the sea. Suddenly, a motorcycle crash on the other end of the rail... And Jota sees a motorcyclist falling from the sky to the sand of the beach. He goes there to help and finds, behind the peephole of the helmet, the brown eyes of a girl who has lost her memory.

PHOTOS:

AWARDS OF "THE RED SQUIRREL"

- Prizes of the Youth and of the Public to the Best Foreign Movie in the International Festival of Cannes, France (1993)
- Special prize of quality of the ICAA - Department of Culture (1993)
- Goya Award to the best original music for Alberto Iglesias (1994)
- Pre-Columbian Circle of Gold to the best movie in the International Festival of Cinema of Holy Fé, Bogota (1994)
- Special prize of the Sworn and Great Prize of the Critique of the Festival of Geradmer's Fantastic Cinema, France (1994)
- Golden Palm to the cinematographic event in movie indep. in Lauderdale's Festival, USA (1994)
- Special prize to Julio Medem in the International Festival of Denver, USA (1994)
- Actors' Union Award to the best interpreter (Emma Suarez) and to the best actor revelation (Nancho Novo) (1994)
- Ondas Award to the best Spanish movie (1994)

TRAILER DE "THE RED SQUIRREL"