Magaluf Ghost Town

Synopsis

At the height of the summer tourist season, the Spanish beach town Magaluf turns into a hellscape of the low-cost travel industry. For eight weeks every year, over one million mostly British vacationers ride an alcohol-soaked tide of public urination, fisticuffs and ambulance sirens for recreation. Instead of assembling a clip-reel of "balconing," when drunk idiots jump into hotel pools from their balconies, filmmaker Miguel Ángel Blanca crafts a far deeper and atmospheric look at a place where visitors and locals alike are driven by pleasure. Long-time resident Maria has little time left, so she takes in a seasonal lodger who listens to her relive her glory days. An enterprising real estate agent peddles an extravagant development, while a young gay man drifts without any plans beyond robbing a tourist for kicks. Part ghost story, part foreboding parable, this is a stylish and vivid impression of people and a place dreaming of escape. Myrocia Watamaniuk (Hot Docs)

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Producer	Bernat Manzano Valérie Montmartin Miguel Eek
	Production Coordinator	Montse Pujol Solà
Directing	Director	Miguel Ángel Blanca
Writing	Writer	Miguel Ángel Blanca
Camera	Director of Photography	Raúl Cuevas
Editing	Editor	Miguel Ángel Blanca Javier Gil Ariadna Ribas
Sound	Music	Sara Fontán Edu Pou
	Sound	Cosmic d'Alessandro
	Sound Designer	Iban R. Gabarró
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