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Following the unusual connection made between four workers at different stages of their lives, Under the Snow captures factory life in a way rarely seen: personal, flirtatious, introspective.
Synopsis
With the winter season fast approaching and orders piling up in the snow chain division, supervisor Javier and shy assistant Jairo are joined by temporary workers, motherly Karmentxu and feisty Angela.
For long, frigid days they each pack chains in silence until Angela starts breaking the rules - then work becomes a game and their cold, gray building a playground. This newfound camaraderie challenges them to look at what they demand of their lives and of each other, but this world only survives thanks to the continuous snow. What is going to happen when the snow ceases to fall?
Working under the snow
Labor is normally synonymous with doing our best to get through our eight hour work day as quickly as we can, as if it did not exist. They are considered dead hours, where life ceases to exist because we won’t let it in. And all because “that's the way it is”, “production volume is what matter”. We do what we are supposed to. We follow those rules that have been imposed upon us by “others”, just because we do not dare to look at what may be on the other side. We roll with the punches and we don't leave room for the unexpected, because of our fair conservatism, and at the same time, lack of ingenuity.
We could go to work hoping for that white, sweet, unexpected snow that will dazzle us as soon as it appears with its beauty and magic. We could go to work hoping to fall in love, to enjoy ourselves, to get excited, to be loved, waiting to be disappointed, to be reproached, waiting for annoyances, waiting for life.
We could go to work under the snow.
We could go to work hoping for that white, sweet, unexpected snow that will dazzle us as soon as it appears with its beauty and magic. We could go to work hoping to fall in love, to enjoy ourselves, to get excited, to be loved, waiting to be disappointed, to be reproached, waiting for annoyances, waiting for life.
We could go to work under the snow.
Cronopia Films
Cronopia is the creator of “Under the snow”. It is the conjunction of the writers, directors and producers, Candela Figueira and Maitena Muruzabal.
Candela Figueira was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1978 and Maitena Muruzabal was born in Pamplona, Spain in 1979. The two met in Los Angeles in 2001, when both decided to extend their filming studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Candela has a bachelor degree in Directing and Producing (Belgrano University, Argentina) Maitena has a Bachelor degree in Audiovisual Communication (Navarra University, Spain).
It was during their studies at UCLA that a group of friends banded together, making a great deal of short films. Their friendship and teamwork was born.
With their schooling behind them, they went their separate ways in pursuit of their careers. Some of Candela’s projects include “Sideways”, “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” and numerous commercials and music videos. Maitena’s work include “… and starring Pancho Villa as himself”, “Club Dread” and numerous commercials and music videos. Their professional paths collided again in 2003 during the filming of “Americano”, a US production, filmed in Pamplona, Spain. During this time, the idea of working together again and creating a production company that would allow them to carry out their own projects began to grow.
Thus, by the end of 2004, Cronopia, the production company was created in Pamplona borrowing the name and meaning of the “cronopios”, those strange characters imagined by Julio Cortazar.
Candela permanently resides in Los Angeles, while Maitena lives full time in Pamplona. The physical distance does not impede their work together; they continue to turn into reality these stories that keep appearing in their imagination.
Candela Figueira was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1978 and Maitena Muruzabal was born in Pamplona, Spain in 1979. The two met in Los Angeles in 2001, when both decided to extend their filming studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Candela has a bachelor degree in Directing and Producing (Belgrano University, Argentina) Maitena has a Bachelor degree in Audiovisual Communication (Navarra University, Spain).
It was during their studies at UCLA that a group of friends banded together, making a great deal of short films. Their friendship and teamwork was born.
With their schooling behind them, they went their separate ways in pursuit of their careers. Some of Candela’s projects include “Sideways”, “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” and numerous commercials and music videos. Maitena’s work include “… and starring Pancho Villa as himself”, “Club Dread” and numerous commercials and music videos. Their professional paths collided again in 2003 during the filming of “Americano”, a US production, filmed in Pamplona, Spain. During this time, the idea of working together again and creating a production company that would allow them to carry out their own projects began to grow.
Thus, by the end of 2004, Cronopia, the production company was created in Pamplona borrowing the name and meaning of the “cronopios”, those strange characters imagined by Julio Cortazar.
Candela permanently resides in Los Angeles, while Maitena lives full time in Pamplona. The physical distance does not impede their work together; they continue to turn into reality these stories that keep appearing in their imagination.
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