Almeria Collection: Crises in the Desert

Almeria Collection: Crises in the Desert – International title

Sand and Blood – English title

A 2014 French, British, Spanish co-production [Village 42 (Paris), Pistachio Pictures (London),

MLK Producciones (Madrid)]

Producers: Alex Boden, José Antonio Hergueta       

Directors: Daniel Martin Novel, Lazard Timsit, Timothey Bricknell, Fabien Oliva, Alexis

Chevalier, Jean Francois Guillou, Vicent Guillou,

Story: Daniel Martín Novel, Lazard Timsit, Timothy Bricknell, Fabien Oliva, Alexis Chevalier,

Jean-François & Vincent Guillou, Pau Bacardit Gallego

Screenplay: Daniel Martín Novel, Lazard Timsit, Timothy Bricknell, Fabien Oliva, Alexis

Chevalier, Jean-François & Vincent Guillou, Marc Lahore

Cinematography: Blancarte Francisco (2), Sébastien Pinsard (4), Romain Lacourbasd (6),

Alberto López Palacios (7) [color]

Music: Raphaël Acker (2), Boris Bakik (4), Cyril Peglion (6), Christian Rey Nagel (7)

Running time: 105 minutes

Story: The locations and landscapes of spaghetti westerns are the link between 7 stories set in the Almeria region. With an existential crisis in the background, from the 19th to the 21st century, the characters are at a turning point in their lives, a point of no return. 1) Indians, 2) The Ultimate Witness, 3) Once Upon a Time in Almeria, 4) Cobradores, 5) Trapped in Paradise, 6) 21h Pile 7) El Vals.

Cast:

(2) Massimo Sammarone, Barbier Quantin, (4) Javier Pinto (Francisco Javier Pinto Sánchez), Pablo de la Chica, Gabriel Burgao Flores, (5) Bruno Rosaz, Sandra Leclercq, (6) Aurélia Izarn-Berger, Carlo Brandt, (7) Ariadna Cabrol, Carlos Fiestas Montosa