The Dead Man and Being Happy
Dani Sanchís
The third film by Javier Rebollo and screenwriter Lola Mayo returned to the world of leading solitary characters, where in their silence they hide a stormy past. It is the case with the role played by José Sacristán: Santos, a dying hard man who flees from an inevitable end after living his life as a non-stop escape forward.
Undoubtedly, this film includes one of Sacristán's performances where the versatility with which he understands acting is best exemplified.
Synopsis: Buenos Aires. On the top floor of a hospital, a Spaniard who has spent half his life in Argentina realises that he is dying. This dry, funny and endearing old hitman runs away with a lucky consignment of morphine, and heads north to nowhere. A girl he meets on the road will be his faithful sidekick.
