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Magaluf Ghost Town
Magaluf Ghost Town

Magaluf Ghost Town

2.0/10

1hr 33mins

Country:ES

2021

Documentary
Spoken Languages: Pусский, Español, Français

Overview:

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)

Budget

$0.00

Production companies

Boogaloo Films, Little Big Story, Mosaic

Genre

Documentary

Runtime

1hr 33mins

Rating

2.0/10

Release Date

2021-11-26