The Club
The Club
- Director: Rose Kowalski
- 2009 In distribution
- 76/52min
A sensual portrait of an urban community that explores human desires, ambitions and fragility through the daily activities of a swimming club. In a spectacular setting overlooking the beach, port and city of Barcelona, suntanned grannies, world-class athletes and the body-beautiful converge in their search for happiness and wellbeing.
As days unfold and seasons pass, we follow the ups and downs of life’s journey – the freshness of childhood, the trials of adolescence, the love and ambition of young adulthood, the crises of middle age, the loneliness and liberation of old-age. We learn how an entity founded on working class ideals evolved over a century into a diverse and tolerant community that is a home-away-from-home for its.
Key Crew
Director: Rose Kowalski
Executive Producer: Carles Brugueras
Producer: Madeleine Sheahan
Director of Photography: Anna Molins
Editor: Judith Miralles
Screenings
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Festivals & Awards
ULLDOC, documentary sessions organised by INDOC
Plataforma de Documentalistes Independents, 2011 – Official Selection International
Film Festival “Santiago Alvarez in Memoriam”, Cuba 2010 – Official Selection
Documentary Edge Festival, New Zealand 2010 DOK Leipzig Market, 2009 – Official Selection
DOCSDF International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City, 2009: (International Premiere) In competition: Best Iberoamerican Documentary
MEDIMED Documentary Market, 2009