Jorge Peña Martín

Scotland

Synopsis

One of Montse’s hobbies is watching planes taking off and landing from the viewpoints near El Prat airport in Barcelona. Meanwhile, she dreams of traveling in one of them to Scotland, a country she wants to visit before she dies. But her illusion crashes with reality. Montse has metastatic kidney cancer. Her diagnosis is hopeless.

Montse lives every moment as if it were her last, and she lives her illness rediscovering life. Meetings at the bar with friends, her weekly appointment at the hairdresser, the puzzles that she completes without rest, her visits to the hospital to receive chemotherapy, or her continuous walks in the park near her house, are part of the routine in her fight against cancer.

Despite her optimism, she is afraid. Her thoughts and her inner world are collected in a journal shared with a domestic camera, in which she reveals her best-kept secrets, and gathers advices to leave to her closest friends.

Crew

Director, screenwriter: Jorge Peña Martín

Cinematography, assistant director: Thaís Lefcadito

Executive production Lavinia: Jordi Ferrerons and Joan Arañó

Executive production TVE: Andrés Luque

Editor, color grading: Ion López

Music: Felipe Milano

Sound: Alex Pigem

Mix: Toni Barraseta

Graphics: Carla Molins

Assistant production: Carlos Vila

Technical Specs

Title: Escocia

Internacional Title: Scotland

Genre: Documentary

Estimated length: 60 minutes

Shooting format: HD

Screening format: Blu-ray / Digital

Country of production: Spain

Original language: Spanish, Catalan

Subtitles: Spanish, English

Produced by Lavinia Producciones in coproduction with TVE

Production year: 2013

Color/BW: Color

Sound: Stereo

Filmed between July 2011 to January 2013 in Barcelona and Figueres (Spain), and Isle of Skye (Scotland).