INDEX 01 STORYLINE 02 PRINCIPAL TECHNICAL CREW 03 CAST 04 DIRECTOR S STATEMENT 05 DIRECTOR S FILMOGRAPHY 06 PRODUCER S FILMOGRAPHY

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2 INDEX 01 STORYLINE 02 PRINCIPAL TECHNICAL CREW 03 CAST 04 DIRECTOR S STATEMENT 05 DIRECTOR S FILMOGRAPHY 06 PRODUCER S FILMOGRAPHY

3 01. STORYLINE Anna Fritz is a beautiful and famous actress that has just died. Three young men sneak into the mortuary to see her naked body, and they can t resist having sex with her. Victims of their most primal instincts, they will descend into a hell from which is very hard to escape.

4 02. PRINCIPAL TECHNICAL CREW DIRECTION SCREENPLAY EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPY PRODUCTION DESIGN ART DIRECTION EDITING SOUND DESIGN MUSIC DIRECT SOUND SOUND DESIGN MIXING COSTUME MAKEUP AND HAIR STYLIST Hèctor Hernández Vicens Hèctor Hernández Vicens Isaac P. Creus Oriol Maymó Alberto Aranda Xavier Atance Bernat Saumell Hèctor Hernández Vicens Ricard Canyellas Carmen Sanfrancisco ZeroQuatre Alberto Bernad Albert Manera / Miquel Llinàs Tolo Prats Urko Garai Albert Manera / Miquel Llinàs Albert Manera Pi Piquer Cristina Pellisé 03. CAST ANNA FRITZ IVÁN JAVI PAU Alba Ribas Cristian Valencia Bernat Saumell Albert Carbó

5 04. DIRECTOR S STATEMENT The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world. E. A. Poe Several years ago I read in a newspaper that a hospital orderly had raped a corpse. I was at the time looking for a story about characters dragged by their most primitive instincts, and I thought that could be a good starting point. What was in the mind of that orderly when he realized that everybody (his family, friends, acquaintances...) would know that he was a necrophile? That s how the plot of The Corpse of Anna Fritz was born. A group of characters perform a morally vile action raping a corpse and they find themselves in a situation where they must commit murder if they don t want the entire world to find out what they have done. Fear allows, and sometimes drives us, to kill. But killing, at first, isn t that easy for a normal person. In order to do it, he needs to dehumanize or hate whomever he s going to kill. This perverse mechanism of our nature is what the movie is based on. My aim was to depict that fine border that sets apart what makes us human from what makes us monsters. The most normal person can easily become a monster. If not, nothing could explain human behavior during war and genocide. There are several forms of monstrosity and I wanted to explore the most primitive and basic one. The one that s derived from a wickedness that s almost unevolved. A wickedness, at the beginning, without sadism. A wickedness exerted by characters that in normal circumstances would never want to do evil. A wickedness that even destroys psychologically the ones that experiences it. A wickedness born out of necessity, but that would have never emerged in characters of higher morality.

6 To search for this simple and basic wickedness, I chose simple and basic characters. Low-middle class, low education. Young people that work to spend what they earn in alcohol, drugs and sex. The most normal people I had on hand. The Corpse of Anna Fritz has only four actors and a single location. The action is told with unity of action and place. A morgue, a single night (about three hours). Without emotional ellipses, with the characters being present all the time. A time and a place that are part of the story, and that contain it. A time and a place that, too, grind the characters as much as their doubts and decisions. A place that gives physicality to the action, and a time that reminds us that the end is imminent. The camera never narrates, it is always psychological, looking to convey in the most direct manner the emotions and feelings, and to bridge the gap between viewers and characters. Always with the aim of making the viewer feel the anxiety that the characters are experiencing. Hèctor H. Vicens

7 05. DIRECTOR S FILMOGRAPHY Playtime Movies and Silendum Films to produce the film The Corpse of Anna Fritz a genre film with the intention to search for international markets. Hèctor Hernández Vicens In the history of the different producers there are films like Requisitos para ser una persona normal by Leticia Dolera, La propera pell by Isaki Lacuesta, the documentary Món Petit by Marcel Barrena and Otel lo by Hammudi Al-Rahmoun Font, all by Corte y Confección de Películas. Benecé Produccions has produced Los Condenados and Cravan vs Cravan by Isaki Lacuesta, Dies d agost by Marc Recha, the documentary Swimming by Carla Subirana, Ingrid and The Clown and the Führer directed by Eduard Cortés, Fènix 11*23 by Joel Joan and Sergi Lara, Goya, el secreto de la sombra by David Mauas, among many others. Savage Grace by Tom Kalin, or La Estrella by Alberto Aranda are films produced by A Contraluz Films; and Playtime Movies has produced Barcelona Nit d Estiu by Dani de la Orden. All are titles which have been selected and have won numerous awards at international festivals. (Mallorca, 1975) Novelist, screenwriter and TV director. He s written the novels Allunyeu-vos dels professors (Stay away from the teachers), that won the Vila de Perpinyà prize, Odi (Hatred) and Qui s apunta a matar la meva mare (Who wants to kill my mother). He s worked as a screenwriter in several TV series and telefilms. He co-wrote the feature film Fènix 11*23, that won the best film award at the Vittorio Venetto Film Festival. He s also been the showrunner of the children series Los Lunnis, which has won more than 50 prizes in Europe, Japan and the USA. The Corpse of Anna Fritz is his first feature film as a director. 05. PRODUCER S FILMOGRAPHY El cadáver de... AIE is a merger of five independent production companies: A Contraluz Films, Corte y Confección de Películas, Benecé Produccions, The Corpse of Anna Fritz has been released this 2015 in the Midnighters section of the SXSW South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas, it has been presented in the Marché du Film in Cannes and it will participate in the official section of the Sitges Film Festival 2015.

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