LA PLAGA

The Plague

España. 2013. Color. 85 min. Documental. Vídeo.
  • Film Director: Neus Ballús Montserrat.
  • Scriptwriter: Neus Ballús Montserrat.
  • Editing: Neus Ballús Montserrat; Domi Parra.
  • Sound: Pau Subirós.
  • Producer: Pau Subirós.
Raúl, a farmer that tries to grow organic food, hires Iurie to help him in the fields. Iure is a Moldavian wrestling fighter, but in order to earn a living he has to work in whatever it comes. Slowly, their personal histories intertwine with those of three solitary women: Maria, an elder that has to leave the country house where she has always lived to join a retirement home; Rose, a nurse from Philippines who just arrived into the country; and Maribel, a prostitute that has less and less clients. The destinies of all these characters become entwined as the summer goes on.

Neus Ballús Montserrat
Neus was born in Mollet del Vallès-Barcelona in 1980. She graduated in Editing and Filmmaking at Barcelona's Pompeu Fabra University in 1999. Her first short films, 'La Gabi' (2004) and 'The grandad with the movie camera' (2005), were documentary portraits of two captivating characters: a transexual living in a traditional based community in Nicaragua; and an old man with a recently discovered passion for making films. Both works received wide acclaim in the international short film festival circuit. Then she moved on to a radically original way of filming with 'Immersion' (2008). The film received the ALCINE's Best Movie award. Neus combines her job as director with editing for other filmmakers. 'La plaga' is her first feature length film.