My Heart Goes Boom

Local title
Süda tuksub tuks-tuks-tuks
Original title
Explota, Explota
Director
Nacho Álvarez
Country
Spain
Year
2020
Programme
First Feature Out of Competition

In the 1970s, in a country still living under a grey dictatorial regime dominated by censorship, Maria, a young dancer, struggles to bring colour to the world and explore her freedom. As she pursues her dream of becoming a TV star, the journey is told through the greatest hits of the incomparable Raffaella Carrà.

Maria escaping from his groom in a church in Rome and flying to Madrid is just one of the first spins of this musical with a hit-and-miss comedy soul. Soon after she will get enrolled onto the dancers crew of the popular TV programme, which brings us to an explosive musical, a bomb of colour and joy, with the rhythm of an era, mixing some iconic moves and songs with social critical traces.

Debutant Nacho Álvarez manages to include different reflections on 70’s society in Spain which was still wanting to get rid of a long dictatorship, while was awakening to the ideas coming from abroad. If you still don’t know who Raffaella Carrà is, come to the South where love is how it is meant to be, and embrace good mood and optimism of the "My Heart Goes Boom" characters. Despite some debutant's ‘little sins’, you will leave the cinema with a smile, because "My Heart Goes Boom" is the karaoke party we need now and here.

Javier Garcia Puerto

Director
Nacho Álvarez
Screenwriter
David Esteban Cubero, Eduardo Navarro, Nacho Álvarez
Cast
Ingrid García Jonsson, Verónica Echegui, Natalia Millán, Pedro Casablanc, Fernando Tejero
Producer
Mariela Besuievsky, Carlotta Calori, Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima
DoP
Juan Carlos Gómez
Editor
Irene Blecua
Music
Roque Baños
Production
Tornasol Films, Indigo Film
Runtime
Language
Spanish
Subtitles
Estonian, English
Director
Nacho Álvarez

Nacho Álvarez on audiovisuaalse kommunikatsioonide eriala lõpetanud hispaania-uruguai päritolu filmimees, kes on oma loomingus keskendunud kaasaegse kunsti esteetikale. Oma personaalset stiili ja vaatepunkti on ta rakendanud ka mitmes oma lühifilmis, kus ta on olnud ühes isikus lavastaja, monteerija ja operaator. Tema lavastatud reklaamklipid, moefilmid ja muusikavideod on pälvinud rahvusvahelist tähelepanu ja pälvinud preemiaid kõikjal maailmas. „Süda tuksub tuks-tuks-tuks“ on tema mängufilmidebüüt.

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