Atlas de geografía humana is a 2007 film written and directed by Azucena Rodríguez (b. 1955) in collaboration with the scriptwriter Nicólas Saad. The film adapts the homonymous novel of celebrated author Almudena Grandes (1998), who also collaborates in the script, and focuses on the life of a group of women between their thirties and forties working together in a publishing company. With a strong female presence in front and behind the camera (original novel, director and protagonists, among others), Atlas de geografía humana is a contemporary woman’s film exploring the romantic, domestic and working expectations and changes of four women in the present day society.
Rosa, Ana, Marisa and Fran (played respectively by Montse Germán, Cuca Escribano, María Bouzas and Rosa Vila) work hard preparing the publication of an atlas book. As working women, they combine their job with their private and family life at home, dealing with the everyday …show more content…
A brief affair with a married photographer, the good-looking and womaniser Nacho, makes Rosa feel alive again, but their relationships does not become the romantic love story that she desperately seeks to change her life. In the end, despite her obsession for Nacho and the failure of their relationship, Rosa faces her husband and decides to divorce him.
In the case of Ana, she is a young divorcee with a teenager daughter temporary living with her father. After a disastrous marriage with her high school art teacher, Ana has been dedicated to raise her daughter and to her work without much time and interest to engage in new love relationships. However, a non-planned romantic and sexual encounter with the author of the atlas results in a mutual infatuation and Ana begins to believe in love again. Although Ana’s lover is a married man, he finally leaves his wife and goes to live with
Rosa, Ana, Marisa and Fran (played respectively by Montse Germán, Cuca Escribano, María Bouzas and Rosa Vila) work hard preparing the publication of an atlas book. As working women, they combine their job with their private and family life at home, dealing with the everyday …show more content…
A brief affair with a married photographer, the good-looking and womaniser Nacho, makes Rosa feel alive again, but their relationships does not become the romantic love story that she desperately seeks to change her life. In the end, despite her obsession for Nacho and the failure of their relationship, Rosa faces her husband and decides to divorce him.
In the case of Ana, she is a young divorcee with a teenager daughter temporary living with her father. After a disastrous marriage with her high school art teacher, Ana has been dedicated to raise her daughter and to her work without much time and interest to engage in new love relationships. However, a non-planned romantic and sexual encounter with the author of the atlas results in a mutual infatuation and Ana begins to believe in love again. Although Ana’s lover is a married man, he finally leaves his wife and goes to live with