SPAIN Production Listings - May 23 2003

Copyright: Screen International

BOHEMIAN SOUL (alma de bohemio)
(Tesela Films) Drama. An Argentinian man living in Spain returns to Buenos Aires for his mother's funeral. Dir: Adolfo Aristarain. Scr: Aristarain, Kathy Saavedra. Main cast: Juan Diego Botto. Shooting from Aug 4 to Oct 10 in Spain and Argentina.
Contact: Tesela Films, (34) 91 367 6776

THE PROMISE (la promesa)
(Tesela Films, Portico Producciones) Psycho-thriller. A religion-obsessed housewife loses touch with reality. Dir: Hector Carre. Main cast: Carmen Maura, Ana Fernandez. Shooting from July 28 to Oct 17 in Galicia.
Contact: Tesela Films, (34) 91 367 6776

SUMMER CLOUDS (nubes de verano)
(Tornasol Films, Messidor Films) Backers: TVE, TV3, Generalitat De Catalunya. Dist (Sp): Alta Films. Drama. Two cousins set out to separately seduce a man and his wife during the course of one summer. Prods: Gerardo Herrero, Marta Esteban. Dir: Felipe Vega. Scr: Vega, Manuel Hidalgo. DoP: Alfonso Parra. Ed: Angel Hernandez Zoido. Music: Josep Sanou. Main cast: Roberto Enriquez, Natalia Millan, David Selvas, Irene Montigala, Roger Casamajor. Shooting for seven weeks from May 26 in Catalunya.
Contact: Tornasol Films, (34) 91 102 3029

ASTRONAUTS (astronautos)
(Tesela Films, LZ Producciones) Love story. Relationship between a girl and an older man who is recovering from a heroin habit. Dir/scr: Santi Amodeo. Main cast: Nancho Novo, Teresa Hurtado de Ory. Shooting from May 12 to June 28 in Seville.
Contact: Tesela Films, (34) 91 367 6776

THE ARCHIMEDES PRINCIPLE (el principio de arquimedes)
(Tornasol Films). Backers: TVE, Via Digital. Dist (Sp): Alta Films. Drama. Tensions arise between two friends and neighbours when they begin to work together. Exec prod: Mariela Besuievsky. Prod/dir: Gerardo Herrero. Scr: Belen Gopegui. DoP: Alfredo Mayo. Ed: Carmen Frias. Prod des: Wolfgang Burmann. Music: Lucio Godoy. Main cast: Marta Belaustegui, Roberto Enriquez, Manuel Moron, Blanca Oteyza. Shooting in Madrid for eight weeks from May 5.
Contact: Tornasol Films, (34) 91 102 3029

BAD EDUCATION (la mala educacion)
(El Deseo) Int'l sales: Focus International. Drama. Two men are reunited years after their school days in 1950s Spain. Dir: Pedro Almodovar. Main cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Fele Martinez, Daniel Gimenez Cacho. Shooting for 12-14 weeks from May.
Contact: El Deseo, (34) 91 724 8199

THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY
(Pembridge Pictures [UK], KanZaman, Davis Films [Fr], Movision [UK]) English language drama. The collapse of a bridge in 18th-century Peru kills five innocent people and sparks a community's search for spiritual meaning. Prods: Garrett McGuckian, Denise O'Dell, Samuel Hadida, Michael Lionello Cowan, Jason Piette. Dir/scr: Mary McGuckian, based on the novel by Thornton Wilder. Line prod: Mark Albela. DoP: Javier Aguirresarobe. Prod des: Gil Parrondo. Eds: Kant Pan, Sylvie Landra. Costume des: Yvonne Blake. Make-up/hair: Linda Devetta. SFX: Reyes Abades. Main cast: Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, Kathy Bates, F Murray Abraham, Gabriel Byrne, Geraldine Chaplin, Emilie Dequenne, Adriana Dominguez, Harvey Keitel, Pilar Lopez De Ayala, John Lynch, Dominique Pinon, Michael Polish, Mark Polish, Jim Sheridan, Eusebio Lazaro, Samuel Le Bihan. Shooting from April to June in Spain.
Contact: CNC Limited, (44) 208 673 0048

CAMARA OSCURA
(Iris Star, Manga Films) Budget: E2.4m. Thriller. A group of students are trapped on a merchant ship. Prod: Joan Bosch. Dir: Pau Freixas. DoP: Julian Elizalde. Ed: Jaume Marti. Sound: Pepe Caceres. Prod des: Joan Sabate. Costume des: Nuria Anglada. Make-up: Caitlin Acheson. Main cast: Silke, Unax Ugalde, Adria Collado, Diana Lazaro, Mustafa Jawara. Shooting from April 4 in Barcelona and environs.
Contact: Manga Films, (34) 93 238 4030

EXCUSAS!
(Krampack, Imposible Films) Comedy drama. Two yuppie couples have commitment woes. Dir: Joel Joan. Scr: Joan, Jordi Sanchez, Pep Anton Gomez, based on their play. DoP: Josep M Civit. Prod des: Leo Casamitjana. Main cast: Joan, Jordi Sanchez, Clara Segura, Agata Roca. Shooting for seven weeks from March 24 in Barcelona.
Contact: Imposible Films, (34) 93 323 6940

THE LIFE THAT AWAITS YOU (la vida aue te espera)
(Tornasol Films, Continental Producciones) Backers: TVE, TVG, Via Digital. Drama. A dispute between two neighbours over a cow ends in tragedy. Prods: Gerardo Herrero, Pancho Casal. Dir: Manuel Gutierrez Aragon. Scr: Aragon, Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde. DoP: Gonzalo Berridi. Ed: Jose Salcedo. Prod des: Felix Murcia. Main cast: Juan Diego, Luis Tosar, Marta Etura, Celso Bugallo, Clara Lago. Shooting from April 21 to June 21.
Contact: Tornasol Films, (34) 91 102 3029

PEDAL CAR (coche de pedales)
(Alokatu, Trafico de Ideas, Malvarrosa Media, Take 2000 [Port]). Backers: TVE, Canal+, Ibermedia, Basque Government, Valencia Government. Coming-of-age tale. The life of a boy in 1950s Spain. Dir: Ramon Barea. Main cast: Alex Angulo, Rosana Pastor, Maria Pastor, Pablo Gomez. Shooting from April 14 until May 31 in Valencia.
Contact: DyP Comunicacion, (34) 91 521 7094

TANGIER
(World Entertainment, Abaco Movies) Police story based on the novel by Juan Madrid. Dir: Juan Madrid. Main cast: Jorge Perugorria, Ana Fernandez. Shooting in Madrid from March 3.
Contact: Zenit PR, (34) 91 559 9188

YOUTH (joves)
(ZIP) Budget: E1.7m. Dist (Sp): Lauren Films. Backer: TV3. Three dramatic stories about young people in Barcelona which border on tragedy. Exec prods: Jordi Rediu, Norbert Llaras. Dirs: Ramon Termens, Carles Torras. DoP: Angel Luis Fernandez. Prod des: Toni Gali. Costume des: Marta Alsina. Make-up/hair: Gemma Planchadell. Ed: Amat Carreras. Main cast: Roger Coma, Jordi Dauder, Boris Ruiz, Vicky Pena, Pep Sales. Shooting for eight weeks from April 14.
Contact: ZIP, (34) 93 441 0733

ARCIBEL'S GAME (el juego de arcibel)
(Milamores Producciones, Zarlek Producciones [Arg]) Budget: E1.4m. Drama. A political prisoner of a dictatorship in an imaginary Latin American country invents a word game which will change his - and his fellow prisoners' - fates. Exec prod: Felix Rodriguez. Dir: Alberto Lecchi. Scr: Daniel Garcia Molt, Lecchi. DoP: Hugo Colage. Main cast: Dario Grandinetti, Juan Echanove, Juan Diego, Diego Torres, Vladimir Cruz, Rebeca Cobos.
Contact: Milamores Producciones, (34) 91 431 9919

BEYOND RE-ANIMATOR
(Castelao Productions) English-language horror. A young doctor plans to bring his sister, who was killed by a zombie, back to life. Exec prod: Carlos Ferandnez. Prods: Julio Fernandez, Brian Yuzna. Dir: Yuzna. Scr: Miguel Tejada, Jose Manuel Gomez. DoP: Andreu Rebes. Main cast: Jeffrey Combs, Jason Barry, Elsa Pataky, Simon Andreu, Enrique Arce.
Contact: Filmax, (34) 93 336 8555

BUEN VIAJE, EXCELENCIA!
(Lolafilms, Lanterna Editrice [It], Subotica Entertainment [Ire]) Comedy. The last days of dictator General Franco's life. Budget: E3.4m. Dist (Sp): UIP. Prod: Andres Vicente Gomez. Dir/scr: Albert Boadella. DoP: Jose Luis Lopez Linares. Main cast: Ramon Fonsere, Minnie Marx, Pilar Saenz, Xavier Boada, Jesus Agelet, Lluis Elias.
Contact: Lolafilms, (34) 91 436 7400

DYING OF LOVE (muertos de amor)
(Blue Legend Productions, Walt Disney Company Iberia) Budget: E2.19m. Dist (Sp): Buena Vista International Spain. Thriller. A man and a woman united against a blackmailing scheme, find unexpected passion. Prods: Federico Bermudez de Castro, Alvaro Zapata. Dir: Beda Docampo Freijoo. Scr: Beda Docampo Freijoo, Gustavo Aprea, Silvia Perez de Pablos. DoP: Gonzalez Fernandez Berridi. Main cast: Jose Coronado, Antonio Resines, Leticia Bredice, Ines Estevez, Emilio Gutierrez Caba, Alex Angulo.
Contact: Buena Vista International Spain, (34) 91 384 9400

THE FLAW OF THE BOLSHEVIK (la flaqueza del bolchevique)
(Rioja Audiovisual) Budget: E2m. Dist (Sp): UIP. Drama. A thirtysomething executive finds his life turned upside down when he falls in love with the 15-year-old sister of the woman he is avenging following a car accident. Prod: Jose Antonio Romero. Dir: Manuel Martin Cuenca. Scr: Lorenzo Silva, Cuenca, based on the novel La Flaqueza del Bolchevique by Silva. DoP: Alfonso Parra. Main cast: Luis Tosar, Maria Valverde.
Contact: Rioja Films, (34) 91 416 0232

FOOTBALL DAYS (dias de futbol)
(Telespan Producciones, Estudios Picasso) Budget: E2.6m. Dist (Sp): Buena Vista International Spain. Comedy. A group of down-on-their-luck thirtysomethings revive their childhood football team. Exec prod: Tomas Cimadevilla. Dir/scr: David Serrano. DoP: Kiko de la Rica. Ed: Rori Sainz de Rozas. Main cast: Alberto San Juan, Ernesto Alterio, Natalia Verbeke, Pere Ponce, Fernando Tejero.
Contact: Telespan Producciones, (34) 91 562 4532

FLYING SAUCERS (platillos volantes)
(Pedro Costa, Enrique Cerezo) Tragi-comedy. Based on the true story of two men in 1970s Spain who commit suicide to meet aliens and solve the world's political problems. Dir/scr: Oscar Aibar. Main cast: Jordi Vilches, Angel de Andres Lopez.
Contact: Enrique Cerezo, (34) 91 512 0058

FRANKY BANDERAS
(Enrique Cerezo) An out-of-work actor, part-timing as a clown, tries to strike it rich as a child singer's promoter. Exec prod: Enrique Cerezo. Dir: Jose Luis Garcia Sanchez. Scr: Rafael Azcona, Sanchez. DoP: Fernando Arribas Campa. Main cast: Juan Luis Galiardo, Maria Barranco, Raulito, Juan Valderrama, Chiquito de la Calzada.
Contact: Enrique Cerezo, (34) 91 512 0058

HECTOR
(Elias Querejeta, Cometa, Ensueno Films) Budget: E3.3m. Drama. A teenager moves in with his aunt and uncle following the death of his mother. Prod: Elias Querejeta. Dir: Gracia Querejeta. Scr: Querejeta, David Planell. DoP: Angel Iguacel. Main cast: Nilo Mur, Adriana Ozores, Joaquin Climent, Unax Ugalde, Damian Alcazar.
Contact: Elias Querejeta, (34) 91 345 7139

I GIVE YOU MY EYES (te doy mis ojos)
(Producciones La Iguana, Alta Produccion) Dist (Sp): Alta Classics. Budget: E2.28m. Drama. A woman and her son flee an abusive husband. Prods: Santiago Garcia de Leaniz, Enrique Gonzalez Macho. Dir: Iciar Bollain. Scr: Bollain, Alicia Luna. DoP: Carles Gusi. Main cast: Laia Marull, Luis Tosar, Candela Pena, Rosa Maria Sarda, Sergi Calleja, Kity Manver.
Contact: Producciones La Iguana, (34) 91 401 0254

IN THE CITY (en la ciudad)
(Messidor Films) Budget: E2.69m. Dist (Sp): Alta Films. Drama. A group of friends hide and uncover secrets between themselves. Exec prod: Marta Esteban. Dir: Cesc Gay. Scr: Cesc Gay, Tomas Aragay. DoP: Andreu Rebes. Main cast: Eduard Fernandez, Maria Pujalte, Monica Lopez, Vicenta Ndongo, Leonor Watling.
Contact: Messidor Films, (34) 93 323 6940

JANIS & JOHN
(Fidelite Productions [Fr], Alquimia Cinema) Budget: E5.3m. Dist (Sp): Manga Films. Comedy. A seemingly respectable businessman, trying to mask defrauding his company, blackmails his cousin into thinking Janis Joplin and John Lennon have come back to life. Dir/scr: Samuel Benchetrit. DoP: Pierre Aim. Main cast: Sergi Lopez, Marie Trintignant, Francoise Cluzet, Christopher Lambert, Amparo Soler Leal, Jean-Louis Trintignant.
Contact: Alquimia Cinema, (34) 91 748 9040

THE LITTLE POLACK (el polaquito)
(Alma Ata International, Juan Carlos Desanzo Cine [Arg]) Budget: E1.9m. A homeless boy falls in love with a homeless prostitute. Exec prods: Jose Maria Calleja, Rafael Velentin-Pastrana. Dir: Juan Carlos Desanzo. Scr: Desanzo, Lito Espinosa. DoP: Carlos Torlaschi. Ed: Sergio Zottola. Main cast: Abel Ayala, Marina Glezer, Roly Serrano, Laura Spinola.
Contact: Alma Ata, (34) 91 572 3307

MAUVAIS ESPRIT (working title)
(Vertigo [Fr], Mate Productions) Budget: E11.1m. Supernatural drama. A young man, killed in a car accident by his worst enemy, reincarnates as his enemy's son. Prods: Manuel Munz, Mate Cantero. Dir: Patrick Alessandrin. Scr: Alessandrin, Laurent Chouchan. DoP: Javier Aguirresarobe. Main cast: Thierry Lhermitte, Leonor Watling, Ophelie Winter, Michel Muller.
Contact: Mate Productions, (34) 91 395 2254

NOVEMBER (noviembre)
(Tesela) Budget: E2.8m. Dist (Sp): Alta Films. Int'l sales: KWA. Drama. A group of acting students form an alternative independent theatre troupe. Exec prod: Jose Antonio Felez. Dir/scr: Achero Manas. Main cast: Ingrid Rubio, Oscar Jaenada.
Contact: Tesela, (34) 91 367 6776

NIGHT'S END (el final de la noche)
(Igeldo PC) Budget: E1.13m. Dist (Sp): Suso Zinea. Drama. The death of a comatose victim of a crime committed several years before leads a female journalist to investigate dark circumstances. Exec prod: Angel Amigo. Dir: Patxi Barco. Scr: Daniel Castro, Ismael Martinez. DoP: Gaizka Bourgeaud. Ed: Guillermo S Maldonado. Main cast: Itziar Ituno, Asier Hormaza, Klara Badiola, Kandido Uranga, Alvaro Garayalde, Inaki Beraetxe, Chantal Aimee.
Contact: Igeldo, (34) 94 329 186

OUIJA
(Eleven Dreams, Ibarretxe & Co) Psychological thriller. A group of teenagers find themselves involved in a series of inexplicable incidents after playing with a Ouija board. Dir: Juan Pedro Ortega. Scr: Carmen Abarca. Main cast: Montse Mostaza, Carles Olivella.
Contact: Eleven Dreams, (34) 93 481 7575

PERFECT WRONG LOVE (perfecto amor equivocado)
(Wanda Films, Fenix PC, Icaic [Cuba]) Budget: E1m. Comedy. A writer deals with his personal problems. Dir: Gerardo Chijona. Scr: Chijona, Eduardo del Llano. DoP: Raul Perez Ureta. Main cast: Luis Alberto Garcia, Beatriz Valdes, Susana Perez, Sancho Gracia.
Contact: Wanda Films, (34) 91 352 8376

POLIEDRO
(Centre d'Estudis Cinematografics de Catalunya) Dist (Sp): Golden Media Films. Experimental film. The notion that every person is a world unto themselves - and a lot of people live in the world. Dir/scr: Ignacio Nacho. DoP: Pau Mirabel, Takuro Takeuchi. Main cast: Aitor Allue, Jose Luis Bienzobas, Salvador de Haro, Oscar Guijaro, Esther Izquierdo.
Contact: Cecc, (34) 93 436 1590

SAHARA, TALES OF A WAR (sahara, cuentos de una guerra)
(Nisa, Dexiderius, PRP, TVV) Budget: E1m. Drama. A young Spanish legionnaire must desert the forces when he refuses to harm a Saharan family. Exec prod: Emilio Oviedo. Dir: Pedro Perez Rosado. Scr: Lilian Rosado. DoP: Antonio Cuevas. Main cast: Sergi Lopez, Salah Larosi, Jorge de Juan, Sergio Villanueva, Joseba Apaolaza.
Contact: Nisa, (34) 630 074 241

SEX
(Digital Virus Entertainment, Vulcano Films, New Line One, Estrellavision) Drama. A group of famous people and artists discuss intimate issues over dinner in a nuclear bunker believing life as they know it will end soon. Dir/scr/ed: Antonio Dyaz. DoP: Pablo Hernandez. Main cast: Coque Malla, Silke, Nancho Novo, Leire Berrocal, Mercedes Ortega, Enrique Alcides, Pepa Slas.
Contact: DyP Comunicacion, (34) 521 7094

SIGNED BY (los abajo firmantes)
(Garbo Producciones, CNC, Candelaria). Budget: E900,000. Experimental film. The relationships in a theatre company set against the recent anti-war protests in Spain. Prods: Joaquin Oristrell, Manolo Gomez Pereira, Cristina Rota. Co-prod: Javier Camara. Dir: Oristrell. Main cast: Camara, Juan Diego Botto, Maria Botto, Elvira Minguez.
Contact: DyP Comunicacion, (34) 91 521 7094

SITGES NAGASAKI
(Aktino Films) Budget: E1.16m. Romance. A Japanese university student studying in Spain searches for her father's former lover and falls in love with a Spaniard. Exec prod/dir: Ignasi P Ferre. Scr: Betlem Barrachina, based on an original idea by Ferre. DoP: Joan Babiloni. Ed: Eva Retana. Main cast: Riko Tanaka, David Meca, Maria Jesus Pereiro, Angel Martin, Marta Carbonell.
Contact: Aktino Films, (34) 93 443 2594

SLAM
(Morena Films) Budget: E2.14m. Dist (Sp): Aurum. Teen comedy. A pair of twentysomethings go on a road trip to a rock concert. Prod: Pedro Uriol. Dir: Miguel Marti. Scr: Juan Carlos Rubio. DoP: Antonio Gonzalez. Ed: David Pinillos. Main cast: Ivan Hermes, Tomas Fonzi, Andreu Castro, Juana Acosta, Estibaliz Gabilondo.
Contact: Morena Films, (34) 91 700 2780

LA SUERTE DORMIDA
(Tornasol Films) Dist (Sp): Alta Films. Drama. A woman fleeing a painful past is forced to open old wounds when she takes on a legal case. Exec prod: Gerardo Herrero. Dir: Angeles Gonzalez Sinde. Scr: Sinde, Belen Gopegui. DoP: Antonio Calvache. Ed: Fernando Pardo. Main cast: Adriana Ozores, Felix Gomez, Pepe Soriano, Carlos Kaniowsky, Fanny de Castro.
Contact: Tornasol Films, (34) 91 102 3029

SWINDLED (incautos)
(Alquimia Cinema, Mandarin Films [Fr]) Dist (Sp): Manga Films. Budget: E3.4m. Thriller. A group of con artists try to con each other. Exec prod: Ricardo Garcia Arrojo. DoP: Thierry Arbogast. Ed: Ivan Aledo. Main cast: Victoria Abril, Federico Luppi, Ernesto Alterio, Jose Garcia, Guillermo Toledo.
Contact: Alquimia Cinema, (34) 91 748 9040

THAW OUT (descongelate)
(El Deseo, SLU Media) Budget: E2.4m. Int'l sales: Focus Int'l. Dist (Sp): Warner Sogefilms. Bittersweet comedy. A struggling family of entertainers discover both the best and worst of themselves - and each other. Exec prods: Esther Garcia, Juan Ruiz de Gauna. Prods: Agustin Almodovar, Jaume Robles. Dirs/scr: Felix Sabroso, Dunia Ayaso. DoP: Kiko dea Rica. Ed: Jose Salcedo.
Contact: El Deseo, (34) 91 724 8199

TRILEROS
(Mascara Films, Ensueno Films) Backers: Antena 3, Via Digital. Dist (Sp): Columbia. Dist (Lat Am): Venevision. Two middle-aged small-time crooks get wrapped up in a mafia story. Dir: Antonio del Real. Scr: Eduyardo Mallorqui, Del Real. DoP: Hans Burmann. Ed: Miguel Santamaria. Main cast: Juanjo Puigcorbe, Esther Canadas, Juan Echanove, Jose Sancho, Mariola Fuentes.
Contact: Columbia, (34) 91 377 7100

VOICES IN THE NIGHT (las voces de la noche)
(Esicma, Cometa) Budget: E3m. Romance. A young couple falls in love in 1950s Spain despite gossip. Dir/scr: Salvador Garcia Ruiz. DoP: Teo Delgado. Ed: Carmen Frias. Main cast: Tristan Ulloa, Laia Marull, Vicky Pena, Guillermo Toledo.
Contact: Esicma, (34) 91 345 8708

THE WHORE AND THE WHALE (la puta y la ballena)
(Wanda Vision, Patagonik [Arg]) Budget: $3.2m. Romance. Parallel love stories set in Patagonia in the 1930s and today. Dir/scr: Luis Puenzo. DoP: Jose Luis Alcaine. Main cast: Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Miguel Angel Sola, Merce Sole.
Contact: Wanda Vision, (34) 91 352 8376