LIBRE DIRECTO

Free Kick

España. 2011. Color. 12 min. Ficción. 35mm.
  • Film Director: Bernabé Rico.
Having turned 60, Adela is living a life she never wanted. She has no children, a husband who walks all over her and, worst of all, nothing to look forward to. Then  one day she has the chance to win €300,000 and leave her old life behind.

Bernabé Rico
Bernabé Rico alternates his career both in theater and film, working as an actor, producer, director and scriptwriter. In 2009 he founded the production company Talycual Producciones. As an actor, he has worked in films like Pilar Tavora’s Beloved mother and Lionel Baier’s Comme des voleurs or Un autre homme. In theater, he was casted by 'Almodovar’s girl' Kiti Mánver in A la luz de Góngora, and he’s worked in J.C. Rubio’s Smoke, Roger Rueff’s The Big Kahuna and David Mamet’s Race, these latter two also produced by him. In 2004 he was awarded with the 1 st Prize at the National Prize for Music-Hall in Cabra (Córdoba, Spain) and in 2010 he received the Award for Best Visiting Production by the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (H.O.L.A.). In film, he’s produced the fiction short films There is no goodbye and Binges, as well as the short doc Premiere, the last two also directed by him. Besides, he has been executive producer of the Webseries Today it could be a great day. Currently, he is working on his next short film: Free Kick.