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Reading books doesn't make you a better person
Hilario is a frustrated 40-year-old writer, trapped between nostalgia for classic literature and cynicism about the contemporary publishing world. While his novel is rejected by all Spanish publishers, he makes a living selling books at the bookstore La Ménsula and teaching an online writing workshop for older ladies, although his caustic attitude and disdain for sentimental stories only serve to alienate them.Read moreLess
Hilario is a frustrated 40-year-old writer, trapped between nostalgia for classic literature and cynicism about the contemporary publishing world. While his novel is rejected by all Spanish publishers, he makes a living selling books at the bookstore La Ménsula and teaching an online writing workshop for older ladies, although his caustic attitude and disdain for sentimental stories only serve to alienate them.
The story
Hilario is a frustrated 40-year-old writer, trapped between nostalgia for classic literature and cynicism about the contemporary publishing world. While his novel is rejected by all Spanish publishers, he makes a living selling books at the bookstore La Ménsula and teaching an online writing workshop for older ladies, although his caustic attitude and disdain for sentimental stories only serve to alienate them.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Marcel BorràsHilario
Silma LópezCarolina
Lorenzo FerroPabli
Julián VillagránToni
Adelfa CalvoAndrea
Secun de la RosaHugo ValmayorExplore the crew
- Director
- Andrés Salmoyraghi
- Director
- Rafael López Saubidet
- Writer
- Andrés Salmoyraghi
- Writer
- Rafael López Saubidet
- Writer
- Ricardo Uhagon Vivas
- Producer
- Frank Ariza
- Producer
- Ricardo Uhagon Vivas
- Producer
- Manuel Vega