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Daniel Sánchez-Arévalo
(Madrid, 1970) has been a professional screenwriter since 1993 in acclaimed Spanish TV series such as Farmacia de guardia, Querido maestro, Ellas son así and Hospital Central. He completed an MFA at Columbia University, New York, where he started his career as a director. Back in Spain, for two consecutive years (2002-2003) he won the Notodofilmfest, with Gol and Exprés. The latter was also nominated for a Best Short Film Goya. Física II, his first 35mm short film, has earned over fifty awards. The Mountaineer’s Guilt was written by Spanish worldwide known director Julio Medem. In 2006 he made his feature debut, DarkBlueAlmostBlack, presented in Venice Days, winner of three Goya Awards and distributed in 28 countries.
Gordos is a game where the spectator has to guess who’s hiding behind (or inside) each character. We all interpret roles in life. We create a character that helps us go through life and who, most of the time, acts against our own freedom. We’re used to acting all day. With this film, my objective was to hide a person behind each character. And the moviegoer’s task is to try to remove, sequence by sequence, the protective layers that prevent us from seeing the real person; to tear down the wall that protects the characters from external aggressions. The goal is to unmask the “pretender” who, in reality, is only deceiving himself. The right dose of deceit and the mandatory game essential for living (and maybe even enjoying life a bit).
Daniel Sánchez Arévalo
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