TOKYO MELTDOWN
SYNOPSIS
Yung Beef is a Spanish trap icon, but behind the persona lives Fernando, a man battling addiction and inner turmoil. His longtime friend María follows him closely, crafting an intimate essay film about friendship and the fear of losing him to the same fate as her father.
FEATURE FILM
FRANCE
70 minutes
WRITTEN BY :
EDITING :
PRODUCTION :
MARÍA URQUIJO
MARCEL BELTRÀN
ANTOINE GOLDET (AMOK FILMS)
ROMAN BIRENZWEIGUE (PREMIER CRI)
DIRECTED BY
MARÍA URQUIJO
María Urquijo was born in Madrid, Spain in 1994. She worked in the music industry as costume designer and creative director, attached to artists in the Spanish and Dominican music scenes such as Rosalia, Lauryn Hill, Jay Cortez or Yung Beef. Her works have for instance been featured in magazines such as Vogue Spain, i-D, Nylon Japan .
This project is her first feature documentary, after spending the last years studying cinema in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic.