The Well

Kristian Petri, Sweden, 2005
Synopsis

<> is a film about Orson Welles. It's not a biographical film about his career in film and theatre, it's about his relationship to Spain. Despite the great mass of biographies that have been written about him, this side of his personality has remained unseen even though Welles spent almost five years of his life in the country. Welles is also buried in Rhonda, Andalusia, in a well in a backyard of the legendary matador Antonio Ordoñes finca. The choice of the burial site says loads. But it is interesting to note that very little, if anything, has been said about Orson Welles' choice of grave. Or was it his choice? <> is a road movie, of sorts, through Spain on the hunt for the mystery of the well.

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