Project Detail

Separado!

Synopsis

Separado! Odyssey to a Parallel Universe.

Star Trek meets Buena Vista Social Club in this psychedelic western musical as Welsh pop legend Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals) takes us on a pan continental road trip in search of his long lost Patagonian uncle, the poncho wearing guitarist Rene Griffiths.

In 1880, following a controversial horse race that led to an unresolved death, Gruff Rhys' family split as Dafydd Jones took his young family to join the burgeoning Welsh community in Patagonia, South America. There was to be no contact between the families for almost a century when in 1974 Rene Griffiths arrived in Wales with his Latin infused Welsh love songs and became an over night sensation.

Director Dylan Goch follows Gruff Rhys on a tour that takes in the theatres, nightclubs and desert teahouses of Wales, Brazil and the Argentine Andes as he discovers what became of his family, the Welsh Diaspora and its musical legacy.

Details

Year
2010
Type of project
Features
Running time
84 mins
Format
HDCAM
Director
Dylan Goch, Gruff Rhys 1st Feature
Producer
Pauline Burt
Co-Producer
Pauline Burt
Editor
Dylan Goch
Screenwriter
Gruff Rhys
Sound
Soundworks
Composer
Gruff Rhys, Kerrdd Dant, Tony da Gatorra
Principal cast
Gruff Rhys

Production Status

Production Company

ie ie productions ltd

flat 4
22a Castlehaven Rd
Camden
London NW1 8RA
UK

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