Monte

Monte.

After a heart attack, Luís (60) experiences the threat of death for the first time, as well as the impact of aging on his body. Scared, he decides to retreat to a mountain house belonging to his ex-husband Galo (60). Luís intends to move away from what he desires the most: his young boyfriend Mario (23), although the boy is unwilling to let him go like that. In the same mountain refuge where he spent his childhood, Luís will be forced to confront his fear of death and old age, while he fights against the desire of keeping Mario by his side.

Director.

Born in Galicia (Spain), Javier majored in Screenwriting for Film and Television before studying directing fiction in the EICTV (Cuba). During his studies, he wrote and directed several short films: Rem (2012), The Cosmonaut, (2013) A Wall (2014), ALFA (2016), which premiered at the Guadalajara International Film Festival, and Dinosaurio (2017). Back in Spain, he started developing projects with the support of ICAA, ICEC, and Ibermedia, among others. He is currently developing his debut feature film Hunger and Fever with the grant of the Galician cultural agency (AGADIC), while he is writing the TV series Dressed in Blu( continuation of the successful Veneno) produced by SUMA CONTENT, the production company of Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi.