Catalunya uber alles!

Catalunya uber alles! (2011)

Genres - Drama  |   Sub-Genres - Social Problem Film  |   Run Time - 98 min.  |   Countries - Spain  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Jason Buchanan

Director Ramon Térmens teams with screenwriter Daniel Faraldo to craft three stories centered on the topic of immigration in contemporary Catalunya. In the first tale, a traumatized ex-convict (Gonzalo Cunill) returns home after serving time for rape, but discovers that his sentence when he is shunned by neighbors, and the local gangs endeavors to destroy any chance for reconciliation with his former girlfriend. The second tale follows the experiences of a Senegalese immigrant (Babou Cham) who lands a job as a debt collector based solely on the color of his skin, and receives order to humiliate a staunchly right wing, anti-immigrant politician into paying up. In the final story, a businessman (Joel Joan) becomes a media celebrity after killing an immigrant caught burglarizing his home, but finds his celebrated public image irreparably damaged following a scandalous revelation.

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burglary, businessperson, debt-collector, ex-convict, immigration, politician, rape, right-wing, Senegal