LA HIGUERA

CREDITS
Direction: Mikel Mas
Script: Mikel Mas and Cristian Rubio
Director of Photography: Diego Cabezas
Art Direction: Marina Pérez
Music: Eli Rufat
Cast: Marcel Borràs, Pedro Casablanc, Joseba Usabiaga, Adrián Grösser and Simón Ferrero.
Genre: Western
Duration: 18 min
SYNOPSIS
Extremadura, Spain, 19th century. Four children play cards in the shade of a fig tree until the arrival of Rogelio changes their lives forever. As small children, the landowner does not allow them to enjoy the countryside with stones and, as adults, he begins to use firearms.
For now, the only victim has been one of the sheep of our protagonists, but who knows if, in the future, one of them will be the victim. It's time to act, so the four friends decide to choose, by means of a card game, which of them will kill the oppressor.
Produced by Cornelius Films, Emblema Films and Magno Entertainment. With the support of the ICAA (Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts), The Junta de Extremadura and ICEC (Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals).
AWARDS
Nomination for Best Short Film - XII Premis Gaudí (2019), Spain.
Reyes Abades Award for Best Short Film from Extremadura - Iberian Film Festival of Badajoz (2019), Spain.
Best Extremadura Short Film - El Pecado de Llerena Festival (2019), Spain.


