Planta cuarta 2002
The central theme of Planta cuarta is the everyday lives of four boys with cancer. The serious nature of their disease means that they must live in hospital. However, they use bravery, imagination and humour to pass away the hours in the orthopaedic surgery ward. Known as “Los Pelones”, they discover the importance of friendship and love, in a hard, dark story. Although Miguel Ángel, Izan, Dani and Jorge make up an extended group of friends, each one lives with his own fears, and turning their sights inwards will cause more than one misunderstanding between them. Their best tools for dealing with the situation are humour and solidarity.
Actors: Alejandro Zafra, Gorka Moreno, Juan José Ballesta, Luis Ángel Priego, Marco Martínez
Length: 100 minutes
Posters
Awards
Award for Best Director at the Montreal Film Festival
Award for Best Director at the Montreal Film Festival in 2003 for Planta 4ª.
Newspapers
2002-02-22 - "Antonio Mercero adds a healthy dose of humour to a childhood drama"
El País
2003-04-29 - Antonio Mercero: "For me, it was a moral obligation to do this film"
Sur
2003-09-02 - "Mercero scores a win in Montreal with his vision of childhood cancer"
La Vanguardia
2003-09-08 - "Antonio Mercero earns the award as best director at the Montreal festival"
La Vanguardia
2003-09-08 - "The people choose 'Cuarta planta' and the jury choose the director, Antonio Mercero"
ABC
2003-09-08 - "A wise choice"
Le Presse
2003-09-09 - "Antonio Mercero wins two awards in Montreal with 'Cuarta planta'"
Diario Vasco
2003-2004 [?] - Review by Pedro Piqueras: "Planta cuarta"
Desconocido
2004 - Antonio Mercero: "'La cuarta planta' is terrible and lovely"
Revista Interviú
2004-01-08 - Antonio Mercero: "Until now, mentioning cancer in film was taboo. But I thought it needed to be addressed clearly"
La Razón