THE BARCELONA VAMPIRESS
Barcelona at the start of the twentieth century sees two cities living alongside one another. The first, bourgeois and modernist, the other filthy and sordid. When Teresa Guitart, the young daughter of a rich family, goes missing, the news sends shockwaves through the whole country. The police soon have a suspect: Enriqueta Marti, a woman who’s also known as “The Barcelona Vampiress”.
The journalist Sebastia Comas decides to venture into the Raval neighborhood’s maze of streets, brothels and secrets, where he will find out the dark truth around the kidnappings and macabre murders of children that the Vampiress is accused of. His investigations will reveal a sleazy elite, who will stop at nothing to hide their tawdry vices.
“An ambitious work, at times very moving, that bravely and originally tells the story of these events that happened in 1912.” EL PAIS
“A very well-made and refined film, that beautifully mixes color with black and white image.” LA RAZON
“With a highly theatrical mise en scène, where the sets are a character in themselves [...], Danés paints an extremely polarized picture of Barcelona society, showing us the perverted Bourgeoisie and the misery of a neighborhood hidden away behind walls.” LA VANGUARDIA
“Daringly risky, the director plays around with illusions that are similar to that of the plot, […] the theatrical city sets submerge us in a tale that takes the viewer to the very edge of the abyss.” FOTOGRAMAS
“A gothic horror story, The Barcelona Vampiress ventures into a huge film studio to reconstruct that unwholesome, classist and gloomy atmosphere of the early 20th century, with some excellent work on lighting, sets and wardrobe entirely devoted to creating an atmosphere akin to a nightmarish labyrinth.” CINEUROPA