MALAS TEMPORADAS

Bad Seasons

España. 2005. Color. 115 min. Ficción. .
  • Film Director: Manuel Martín Cuenca.
This is the story of Mikel, Ana and Carlos, set up in the heart of Madrid, people that are connected meanwhile they're looking for their place in the world, a place that each time is moving further away from the idealized, from the unreal, and the only solution is to start from real, to start building it. People that the destiny brought them to unexpected ways, and now feels the necessity to reconsider their options.

Manuel Martín Cuenca
Manuel was born in Almería in 1964. He has a degree in Spanish Philology and Sciences of Information. He began working in cinema as casting director and assistant director in the film 'El mejor de los tiempos' by Filipe Vega (1989). His first work was the short film 'El día blanco' (1990). Later he worked on other fifteen feature films with directors such as José Luis Borau, Icíar Bollaín, Ernesto Tellería, Alain Tanner, Mariano Barroso or José Luis Cuerda. He's been teacher in the School of Cinema and Television of San Antonio de los Baños (Cuba) and also taught in the Union de Actores de Madrid and in the Carlos III University. Having written and directed in 2001 the full-length documentary 'El juego de Cuba', he participated in 2003 in San Sebastian Festival with his first film as a director and co-screenwriter, 'La flaqueza del bolchevique', with which María Valverde won the Goya for Best New Actress. In 2005 he competed in the Official Selection of the San Sebastian Festival with 'Malas temporadas'. He returned to documentaries with 'Últimos testigos: Carrillo comunista' (2009) and again to fiction with 'La mitad de Óscar' (2010).
"Últimos Testigos: Carrillo Comunista" (2009) / "Malas temporadas" (2005) / "La flaqueza del bolchevique" (2003) / "El juego de Cuba" (2001) / "Puntos cardinales" (2001) / "Hombres sin mujeres" (1998) / "El día blanco" (1990)
Premios Goya Nominación - Mejor Documental por Últimos Testigos Festival de Gijón Sección Oficial por La mitad de Oscar Festival de San Sebastián Sección Oficial por Caníbal Festival de Toronto Sección Oficial por La mitad de Oscar y por Caníbal