Common Causes for a Clinical Condition

by Julián Hernández
Category
Director
Julián Hernández
Country / Year
Mexico, 2016
Genre
Rights
Festivals, Sales
Duration
30′, col.

SYNOPSIS

Common Causes for a Clinical Condition shows the parallel relationship between literary fiction and political reality, Mary rehearses Antigone in the same way she criticizes the government’s actions, Ismene listens fearfully as Irving accepts incredulous the official version of a blunt lie. Only love keeps its conscience in disappearance. In the end, all reasons will be known and only the memory of those whom we refuse to forget will be without consequences.

DIRECTOR

Julián Hernández is born in Mexico City in 1972 and he graduated in film from the state University UNAM. Among his previous works are the feature films Broken Sky (2006), A Thousand Clouds of Peace Fence the Sky, Love, Your Being Love Will Never End  (2003), winner of the Teddy Award at Berlin Film Festival and Raging Sun, Raging Sky, winner of the same Award but in 2009. His four last features, all represented by The Open Reel, are: I Am Happiness on Earth (2014), Tattoo of Revenge (2018) and Asphalt Goddess (2019), The Trace of Your Lips (2023). Hernández has also directed, among others, the short films Por encima del abismo de la desesperación (1996), Hubo un tiempo en que los sueños dieron paso a largas noches de insomnio (1997), Bramadero (2007), Vago rumor de mares en zozobra (2008), Atmósfera (2010), Wandering Clouds (2013), Young Man at the Bar Masturbating with Rage and Nerve (2015), Boys on the Rooftop (2016) and The Day Began Yesterday (2020). Two Amongst Many (2022) and Cobalto (2023) are his last short productions.

    • Title
      Common Causes for a Clinical Condition
    • Rights
      Festivals, Sales
    • Country
      Mexico
    • Year
      2016
    • Length
      30′, col.
    • Director
      Julián Hernández
    • Screenplay
      Emiliano Arenales Osorio, Julián Hernández, Jesús Iglesias
    • Editing
      Emiliano Arenales Osorio
    • Photography
      Alejandro Cantú
    • Music
      Arturo Villela Vega
    • Sound
      Omar Juárez Espino, Armando Narváez del Valle
    • Cast
      Giovanna Zacarías, Axel Arenas, Norma Pablo, Baltimore Beltrán
    • Producers
      Roberto Fiesco, Iliana Reyes, Ernesto Martínez Arévalo
    • Production
      Mil Nubes Cine
    • Shorts Mexico 2016 – National Short Film Competition
    • Morelia International Film Festival 2016 – National Short Film Competition
    • Cine Lido del Centro Cultural Bella Epoca Mexico City 2017
    • FICMY Merida and Yucatan International Film Festival 2017 – Mexican Short Film Competition
    • Cine Lido Centro Cultural Bella Epoca Mexico City 2017
    • Cineteca Nacional Mexico City 2018
    • Cineteca Nacional Mexico City 2021 – Retrospective Julián Hernández
    • Locarno 2014 – Filmmakers of the Present – Special Mention
    • Katowice 2014 – Ars Independent Festival – Student Jury Award
    • Pesaro Film Festival 2015 – Best Feature Film
    • Murcia International Film Festival 2015 – Audience Award
    • Spirit of Fire 2015 – Second Prize
    • Film Festival Vicoli Corti 2015 – Special Mention for the Best Photography
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