Advertising Remove ads
Staff Only poster

Film · 2019

Staff Only

Original titleEl viatge de la Marta (Staff Only)

Directed by Neus Ballús · starring Elena Andrada, Sergi López and Diomaye Augustin Ngom

  • 3.8 AverageMovieNCo
  • 1.8 Users1 vote
  • 5.8 Critics6 reviews

Synopsis

Marta is a 17-year-old teenager that goes on vacation with her father and her little brother to a resort in Senegal. Marta, bored because of her family trip, will decide to spend some more time with other people and she will star a friendship with a young senegalese boy that works in the hotel and whose dream is to become a filmmaker. This friendship will arouse her father's concern an will create tensions that will force the family to dialogue and to find a way of resolving their differences. In their debates, they will reflect on Africa and how the world works. In this drama will be seen that, for everyone involved, the trip will be an opportunity to have a much more worthy experience that they could imagine. Thousands of miles away from their home, the family will have to evolve to solve their problems.

'Staff Only' is the new film from Neus Ballús after 'The Plague', the debut of this catalan director which received more than 20 awards in its way through international film festivals. 'Staff Only' has been shown in the Berlin International Film Festival, the Málaga Film Festival, the BCN FILM FEST an the San Sebastian International Film Festival.

The cast is formed by Elena Andrana, Sergi López ('Pan's Labyrinth', 'Dirty Pretty Things'), Diomaye A. Ngom and Ian Samsó.

Where to watch Staff Only

All the options

Staff Only is not on any service in the UK right now. It can be watched in other countries:

  • Spain Prime Video: channel

The essentials

Runtime
82 min1 hour and 22 minutes
How long is Staff Only?
1 hour and 22 minutes (82 minutes).
Who directed Staff Only?
Neus Ballús.
Who is in Staff Only?
It stars Elena Andrada, Sergi López, Diomaye Augustin Ngom and Ian Samsó.
Advertising Remove ads
Director
Neus Ballús
Writers
Neus Ballús
Producers
Pau Subirós

Photos and posters

All 10 photos

Reviews

All 6 reviews
1.8 1 vote

What the critics say average 5.8 from 6 outlets

  • 8.0 El PeriódicoBeatriz Martínez Neus Ballús signs her first fiction after 'The Plague', but she does without betraying her documentary look. Read
  • 8.0 FotogramasBlai Morell Authenticity and emotion culminated with that symbolic entry into the adult world through a mojito in that open bar that is life. Read
  • 7.0 CinemaníaPaula Arantzazu Ruiz Holidays and coming of age, but the opposite what that you imagine. Read
Advertising Remove ads