Marta Bassols

The Heimlich maneuver is a fake documentary built around the figure of Alex Pareja, a writer who achieved great success with his first novel, inspired by the senseless death of a former girlfriend. 10 years later, Alex receives a proposal to adapt the book to film. A low-cost comedy about the ups and downs of creating a satire and "loving" cool environments Barcelona.

You have to be vigilant. Someone wants to harm you. It's the year 2052, on Earth, in Spain, and the final days of almost everything. The city is a string of abandoned construction sites. Everyday there are fewer people and not all of them are human. A sheep costs four and a half million pesetas and you have to spend a lot of bullets to pay for one. (imdb)

A group of young people dance and drink at a house. The atmosphere is festive and cheerful. Socialist victory in the general elections of 1982 seems recent. The night is full of euphoria and celebration. The attempt of coup d etat made in 1981 appears to be quite far away. We could say that in Spain, in 1982, everything was future. However, the future also looks closer at enormous speed, like a black hole that devours everything in its path.