In his latest work, which was being singled out for praise on the first day of Malaga’s Spanish Screenings, Imanol Uribe recounts the fateful story of Lucia Cerna, the only witness to the 1989 massacre in El Salvador of six Jesuit priests and two other people by a U.S.-trained death squad at a university residence in San Salvador.
“What Lucia Saw” (“Llegaron de Noche”) focuses on the story of Lucia and her husband Jorge, who, with the help of church officials and Spanish and French diplomats, are spirited out of the country to Miami, where they hope to find safe haven. Once in the U.S., however, they fall into the clutches of the FBI and a Salvadoran colonel, who interrogate the couple in an effort to discredit Lucia’s testimony.
Uribe, a leading light of the early ’80s Basque cinema whose works also include the acclaimed 1994 terrorist drama “Numbered Days,...
“What Lucia Saw” (“Llegaron de Noche”) focuses on the story of Lucia and her husband Jorge, who, with the help of church officials and Spanish and French diplomats, are spirited out of the country to Miami, where they hope to find safe haven. Once in the U.S., however, they fall into the clutches of the FBI and a Salvadoran colonel, who interrogate the couple in an effort to discredit Lucia’s testimony.
Uribe, a leading light of the early ’80s Basque cinema whose works also include the acclaimed 1994 terrorist drama “Numbered Days,...
- 3/21/2022
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Madrid -- Antonio Banderas will produce “Dia Roto” through his Spanish production house Green Moon, he said at this week’s Malaga Spanish Film Festival.
The $3 million action film, which will begin a nine-week shoot in October, marks the directorial debut of short film director Nestor Dennis, the latest in a line of young Spanish talent that Banderas has helped launch.
“For me, it is fundamental to lend my name for a cause such as this,” Banderas said Tuesday as he presented the project in the festival's forum, which is designed to attract financing for projects in pre-production.
Malaga native Banderas has held his own on the festival’s red carpet, even as hordes of young fans have created a frenzy over a fresh group of stars making the jump from TV series to the big screen.
Among the young stars creating a stir are Mario Casas, who stars in teen comedy “Brain Drain,...
The $3 million action film, which will begin a nine-week shoot in October, marks the directorial debut of short film director Nestor Dennis, the latest in a line of young Spanish talent that Banderas has helped launch.
“For me, it is fundamental to lend my name for a cause such as this,” Banderas said Tuesday as he presented the project in the festival's forum, which is designed to attract financing for projects in pre-production.
Malaga native Banderas has held his own on the festival’s red carpet, even as hordes of young fans have created a frenzy over a fresh group of stars making the jump from TV series to the big screen.
Among the young stars creating a stir are Mario Casas, who stars in teen comedy “Brain Drain,...
- 4/22/2009
- by By Pamela Rolfe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Madrid -- As the ink dries on last week's two-picture deal between Telecinco Cinema and local heartthrob Miguel Angel Silvestre, industry insiders are trumpeting the emergence of a clutch of young Spanish talent with international possibilities.
While largely unknown outside Spain, here, Silvestre is simply "The Duke," in reference to the character he plays in the popular Colombian TV series "Sin Tetas No Hay Paraiso." And while not the first local star to make the leap to the big screen, he may represent a new vanguard of marketable and potentially international stars for the Spanish film industry.
"There is a new generation of Spanish stars. They speak English, have traveled, have worked abroad and are ready for the international market," Spanish sales agent Latido's Massimo Saidel said. "They are definitely the group that the next Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas will come from."
Silvestre, Hugo Silva, Oscar Jaenada,...
While largely unknown outside Spain, here, Silvestre is simply "The Duke," in reference to the character he plays in the popular Colombian TV series "Sin Tetas No Hay Paraiso." And while not the first local star to make the leap to the big screen, he may represent a new vanguard of marketable and potentially international stars for the Spanish film industry.
"There is a new generation of Spanish stars. They speak English, have traveled, have worked abroad and are ready for the international market," Spanish sales agent Latido's Massimo Saidel said. "They are definitely the group that the next Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas will come from."
Silvestre, Hugo Silva, Oscar Jaenada,...
- 1/26/2009
- by By Pamela Rolfe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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