His cinema focuses on the intimate and the small details of everyday life, creating a sort of artisanal ecosystem with the same crew and a small ensemble of actors who also contribute as co-writers, such as Itsaso Arana, who made her debut in The Reconquest (2016). Both Jonás and Itsaso will be present for the complete retrospective of the director’s work.
One of the key figures of a new generation of Spanish filmmakers, Trueba was awarded at Cannes, where his eighth feature The Other Way Around, which depicts the story of a couple who decides to celebrate their break-up by throwing a party, was screened in the Director’s Fortnight.