Filmmaker Michael Radford issued a statement Tuesday to set the record straight about suspending the shooting on his latest directorial outing "La Mula."
Radford took the step to counteract articles in the Spanish press about the project making it appear that he had abandoned the project following a press conference held by Spain's Gheko Films.
Billed as a Spanish Civil War comedy, it details the story of a Spanish muleteer soldier who cares more about his mule than the war and who experiences adventure, tragedy and love before returning to his village at the end of the war.
Radford wrote the screenplay with Juan Eslava Galan, author of the novel on which it is based.
The movie, which attracted backing from the U.K. Film Council and the Irish Film Board, is being produced by Gheko Films and shooting has been suspended six weeks into the scheduled seven week shoot...
Radford took the step to counteract articles in the Spanish press about the project making it appear that he had abandoned the project following a press conference held by Spain's Gheko Films.
Billed as a Spanish Civil War comedy, it details the story of a Spanish muleteer soldier who cares more about his mule than the war and who experiences adventure, tragedy and love before returning to his village at the end of the war.
Radford wrote the screenplay with Juan Eslava Galan, author of the novel on which it is based.
The movie, which attracted backing from the U.K. Film Council and the Irish Film Board, is being produced by Gheko Films and shooting has been suspended six weeks into the scheduled seven week shoot...
- 11/3/2009
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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