AN ISLAND IN THE DESERT

UNA ISLA EN EL DESIERTO

By Rafael ROBLES RAFATAL

RAFATAL PC - as PROD

Documentary - Completed 2021

Through more than thirty interviews and unpublished archive material we will discover the inspiration of “La Costa del Sol” (The Coast of the Sun) in Movies, Literature, Music, Architecture, Fashion... A true island of freedom, during the Dictatorship in Spain.

Festivals
& Awards

Ventana Sur 2022
Spanish Screenings On Tour
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • SPAIN
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Duration
    • 78 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Rafael ROBLES RAFATAL
    • Synopsis
    • AN ISLAND IN THE DESERT travels to an unique and once-in-a-lifetime space and era that took place during Franco’s Dictatorship. The Coast of the Sun on the 60’s was pioneer of modernity and source of inspiration for Cinema, Literature, Music, Architecture and Fashion…out and thanks to this, cinematographic, literary and architectonic heritage remains and also recorded music and the furniture, we name today “vintage”, as well as protected buildings by the “Cultural and Historic Heritage Law” from the renamed “Relax Style”. We have a lot to reclaim still, enlivened by the rhythms of Ye-Ye and Rock and Roll Music. Do not allow its memory to get lost on the neon lights nights at risk of endangered... A mythical place and time that transformed Málaga and its Costa del Sol into a cosmopolitan landmark to offer and enjoy until this day.