Title
52 Tuesdays
Director
Sophie Hyde
Country
Australia
Cast
Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Del Herbert-Jane, Mario Späte
Production
Closer Productions
Distribution
Visit Films
Genre
Family drama
Duration
109'
Year
2013
Festivals
Berlin (Crystal Bear Award and Nomination to Best Music), Sundance (best Direction and nomination to the Gran Jury Award, World Cinema Category), Adelaide
First showing in
Spain
TRANS SCREEN
52 Tuesdays was a great surprise the last edition of the Berlin Festival, not only for its theme, but also for the originality in its methodology and production plan. Sophie Hyde, its director, set a single rule: to meet with the cast every Tuesday for 52 weeks and shoot whatever came up, with no script and few guidelines.
Through this idea, the movie becomes a brilliant collage of images around a fascinating subject: the voyage from adolescence to adulthood of Billie, a lost and confused girl who is faced with her mother's decision to have sex reassignment surgery. It is an awesome accomplishment in every sense (technical, visual, narrative…) as it shows a different look into the everyday life of a normal Australian family. We are honoured premiere it here in Spain.