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Magaluf Ghost Town

Magaluf Ghost Town

NOV 26, 2021 · 93 MIN · DIR. MIGUEL ÁNGEL BLANCA

Documentary

At the height of the summer tourist season, the Spanish beach town Magaluf turns into a hellscape of the low-cost travel industry. For eight weeks every year, over one million mostly British vacationers ride an alcohol-soaked tide of public urination, fisticuffs and ambulance sirens for recreation. Instead of assembling a clip-reel of "balconing," when drunk idiots jump into hotel pools from their balconies, filmmaker Miguel Ángel Blanca crafts a far deeper and atmospheric look at a place where visitors and locals alike are driven by pleasure. Long-time resident Maria has little time left, so she takes in a seasonal lodger who listens to her relive her glory days. An enterprising real estate agent peddles an extravagant development, while a young gay man drifts without any plans beyond robbing a tourist for kicks. Part ghost story, part foreboding parable, this is a stylish and vivid impression of people and a place dreaming of escape. Myrocia Watamaniuk (Hot Docs)

Cast

  • Javier Gil

Crew

Writer

Miguel Ángel Blanca

Director of Photography

Raúl Cuevas

Editor

Miguel Ángel Blanca

Editor

Javier Gil

Editor

Ariadna Ribas

Producer

Bernat Manzano

Producer

Valérie Montmartin

Producer

Miguel Eek

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