OLIVER’S UNIVERSE

By Alexis Morante
Screenplay by Alexis Morante, Raul Santos & Miguel Angel Gonzales

Shooting in Spain in 2021

In financing

Coproduction with PECADO FILMS (Spain)

Winter 1985. Oliver (13) and his family are forced to move away for the fourth time in the last decade in the umpteenth attempt to remake their lives. Now they must come back to the only shelter they have: the house of grandfather Gabriel in the remotest and most deprived corner of Andalucía, el Campo de Gibraltar.

All these changes have transformed Oliver into a nervous, immature kid full of tics. In Algeciras, his parents argue more than ever, doesn’t fit well with the kids and with the school and, to make things worse, they will be evicted if his father does not find a job soon.

Oliver, used to seek comfort in his imagination, turns to his grandfather looking for help. Gabriel, called by everyone “the Loopy”, assured him that they are all jinxed because the starts aligned against them thousands of years ago; but now he has come up with a plan that will forever put an end to their bad luck: taking advantage of the visit of Halley’s Comet to Earth, they will build a “rocket-car” that will let them follow its tail and change the direction of the Universe. And Oliver is the only person able to help him find the last piece of the device. In his adventure to help his grandfather, Oliver will know the meaning of true friendship, first love, tolerance and, specially, he will learn to not only understand the adult’s world, but also to face the complex problems of daily life.