Uncertain Journey

(Camino incierto)

Pablo García Pérez de Lara / Spain / 2020 / 102 min
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Synopsis

Spanish, Catalan, English, Japanese, Portuguese, Thai with English subtitles

Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Pedro Costa, Manoel de Oliveira, Luis Miñarro, and Pablo García Pérez de Lara share images, sounds, and words as they walk the fine line where life meets film, offering diverse perspectives within this cinematic threshold.

The end of the “Eddie Saeta” art-house production company, founded by Luís Miñarro, in 2015, is the starting point of this documentary. Director Pablo García Pérez de Lara records this moment, while also looking at himself, his personal trajectory, and his career as a filmmaker.

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About the Director
Pablo García Pérez de Lara (Barcelona, 1970) is an acclaimed Spanish filmmaker, cinematographer, and educator whose work has left a significant mark on contemporary cinema.

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Since co-founding Producciones Doble Banda in 1998, he has directed five feature films and numerous short and mid-length works, with selections at prestigious festivals such as Seminci, Karlovy Vary, San Sebastián, and Cannes Critics’ Week.

García Pérez de Lara’s directorial credits include the celebrated documentaries Fuente Álamo, la caricia del tiempo (2001), Bolboreta, mariposa, papallona (2007), and the multi-award-winning Tchindas (2015), as well as the recent Uncertain Journey (Camino incierto, 2020). His short and mid-length films, such as Alicia retratada (2002), Un tiempo vivido (2022), and Searching for My Own Name (2024), have also garnered critical attention at major international festivals.

Beyond directing, García Pérez de Lara has contributed as a cinematographer and editor to several projects. These include Familystrip by Lluís Miñarro and El efecto K: el montador de Stalin by Valentí Figueres.

Deeply committed to film education, García Pérez de Lara teaches cinema. He collaborated with the A Bao A Qu association on the Cinema en Curs project, inspiring young filmmakers across Spain. He served as a jury member at several film festivals.

Pablo García Pérez de Lara has established himself as a vital voice in Spanish and international cinema. He is known for his thoughtful, visually compelling films and dedication to nurturing new generations of filmmakers.

Notes on the Film

“When you dedicate a life to filming, as it is my case, a moment can come in which you no longer dissociate life from cinema, and this communion can become, to say the least, obsessive and delicately dangerous. I can only film through complete dedication, and that’s what this film offers.

Ever since my directorial debut, Fuente Alamo, the Caress of Time, I love the idea of approaching the intimate in oneself in order to show -as much as possible, in a universal form- that which has made us who we are. And so, making more or less sense, here we are, presenting an artistic work initiated in 2014 with the eviction of a production company; and perhaps -I tell myself- the situation of our cinema might be another good reason to do this Uncertain Journey.

Along this path, my daughter was born, my parents grew older, and so did I. The moment this film premiered, I turned fifty. Be that as it may, if there is something true about the sense of things, is that some exist, with more or less sense, thanks to the perseverance, the effort, and our wrestling with time and the circumstances surrounding us.”

– Pablo García Pérez de Lara, Director

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