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Four filmmakers working in the region of Galicia (in the northwest of Spain) follow and portray on the screen Galician artists working in disciplines of different nature. The result is four pieces around the creative process of these artists. Lois Patiño film their parents working on their paintings in their studio in Vigo, Jaione Camborda films dancer Janet Novás rehearsing for one of her pieces, Xisela Franco follows film director Margarita Ledo revisiting the location of her latest film Nation and Alfonso Zarauza reflects on the relationship between actress-director by putting together the work of Melania Cruz in two of their collaborations.
Arima is the story of four women and a girl whose existence is disrupted by the sudden arrival of two strangers. One of them is fleeing from the other, sneaking around town like an elusive being, a ghostly presence of uncertain existence. The other character —an injured man carrying a gun— will disrupt the women's way of life in different ways. The whole plot takes place on the fine line between reality and imagination, between dreams and nightmares, fear and desire, within a story shrouded in mystery.
After several years without seeing each other, Mar leaves the city behind and suddenly arrives at her brother Roi's house. Nature and her roots will try to heal the lack of contact between the two
Sira and Pepe return to Galicia after spending a decade in Berlin. They buy a house in a small, near-uninhabited village where their peculiar neighbour will insinuate herself into their lives.
A film director prepares to shoot a documentary about the urban miracle of Pontevedra but, in the midst of filming, he realizes that he knows little about the city and that, moreover, he is not very interested in the subject. He enters a creative crisis and realizes that he prefers to make a fiction. Although he is not clear about what, he calls his usual actresses and involves them in the project. They quickly notice that this is not going anywhere and rebel against the direction of the director. As a result of that rebellion, they end up filming something else which is, ultimately, Pontevedra Hora Cero
Laura is a therapist who just had sex with his patient, Diego. She is instantly invaded by guilt and regret.
In the near future, the Government aims to replace judges with Artificial Intelligence software, pledging to effectively automate and depoliticize the justice system. Carmen Costa, a distinguished judge, has been invited to assess this new procedure. However, when the software’s creator is found dead, she realizes her life is in danger and that she will have to fight the powerful interests that are at play in the highest echelons of the State.
1 - Dogs: Submissive and obedient animals 2 - Hogs: Dirty and wicked animals