This unassuming-looking gent is one of Spain's finest film directors, José Luis Guerín, who made 2001's magnificent documentary En construcción - all human life was there. Now, and this is another PdS Blog scoop, he's made a fascinating feature film called En la ciudad de Sylvia, about a young man pursuing lost love around the streets of Strasbourg. The film will probably be in the Venice film festival later in the year. I'm currently working on my review. This is it so far: "A carefully-crafted meditation on looking and longing in which auteur José Luis Guerin brings the same close attention to romantic frustration as he brought to urban change in 2001's "Under Construction", the film is a rarified delight whose artistry is underpinned by real substance. Largely dialogue-free, this is the kind of intellectual romance which should garner a select coterie of dedicated festival followers who will find their own cinematic voyeurism perfectly reflected in the protagonist's baffled gaze." Mmm... it needs work. In fact, there have been several interesting Spanish films recently. More on them soon.