Crossroads Catalogue 2009

SPAINAny Given Night the Sun Could ShineCreditsProduced by: Benecé ProduccionsDirector: Alicia BillonScriptwriter: Alicia BillonBudget: 1.700.000 EurosSecured Financing: 39%Alicia BillonDirectorContactName of Company: Benecé ProduccionsAddress: Passatge Tona 10, 08023,Barcelona, SpainM: + 34 687056619alicia@benece.esSelected FilmographyBettina i Martí (TV), 2008The Importance of Being Called (TV), 2007Silence of Images (short), 2006Closer to the End (short), 2002On the Wire (short), 2001SynopsisAny Given Night the Sun Could Shine is a tale centred on the character of Ciro, an 8-year-old boy who livesin a small village and who has a magic, innocent and curious view of the world. His destiny is to be employedin his father’s shop, but he wants something else; Ciro wants to tell stories.Any Given Night the Sun Could Shine seeks to be a film of sensations, in which a boy’s childhood givesus thousands of precious stories, which, whether they are real or not, will take us back to the magic of ourdreams.It is a marvellous visual portrait of characters, with evocative and nostalgic stories. Ciro will grow up andhe will transform his daily secrets, such as love or what lies beyond the village limits and the challengesof life and courage into music. He will also learn to understand that some dreams actually can come truewhile others, we will simply chase throughout our entire lives.Director’s StatementWhen producer Xavier Atance asked me to make a film based on the songs by famous Catalan SingerJaume Sisa, I was immediately taken back to my childhood, when his melodies kept me company.I wanted to write a story that would take us back to our childhood, to our times of adolescence, when wewere making the choices that would mark our life paths.I really like the idea of people discovering who they are day by day or the way we sometimes mess up andmake the wrong decisions.By means of this entertaining story that could be anybody’s story, I’d like to show that maybe one of the keyfactors for finding happiness is being honest with oneself and holding on to the essence of who we are.8