Eduardo de Armiñán

Film essay that narrates the relationship between a young filmmaker and his grandfather: Jaime de Armiñán. The grandson writes him a letter that will take them to travel together through vital places in both lives.

A man lives alone in the mountains. The forest and the places he inhabits begin to be strange to him. A virus kills the cattle and the departure of the shepherds, due to the winter, is imminent.

In 1977, in a small town outside Madrid, a man has committed his first murder. His obsession with Charles Manson and the Family guides his macabre acts. Through daily letters to the criminal leader, he seeks for recognition and connection, but never receives a reply from Manson.

After receiving a devastating phone call, Edu chases a thief into the forest.

San Sebastian, October 2023.

Images took in Pedraza and the Sierra de Madrid.

Filmed at the Kisany workshops in Kigaly, Rwanda.