Madrid, 7 May 2024
After the international acclaim of 'Fire Will Come', auteur Oliver Laxe returns to directing with a new Movistar Plus+ original film produced in collaboration with El Deseo (production company of brothers Agustín and Pedro Almodóvar), Filmes Da Ermida, Uri Films and 4A4 Productions.
Filming will take place until June 16 in various locations in Aragon (around Teruel and Zaragoza) and Morocco.
The film will be released in cinemas and, subsequently, will be shown exclusively on the Movistar Plus+ platform.
This is the fourth project by Oliver Laxe, who has participated with all his previous films in the Cannes Film Festival and has won awards on every occasion: 'Fire Will Come' (Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section), 'Mimosas' (Grand Prize at the Critics' Week) and ‘You Are All Captains' (his first film, which won him the FIPRESCI Award at the Directors' Fortnight).
The film is written by Oliver Laxe and Santiago Fillol (co-writer with Laxe of 'Fire Will Come' and 'Mimosas') and stars one of the most prestigious and internationally experienced actors, the Catalan Sergi López (César Award for Best Actor and European Film Award for Best European Actor for 'Harry, He Is Here to Help'), and the young Bruno Núñez ('La Mesías') together with a group of non-professional actors, something usual in Laxe's films.
In the words of Oliver Laxe: "Life will challenge the characters in the film, it will put them to the test in a radical and stark way, it will force them to ask themselves the important questions, to look inside, to search for the meaning of life, to draw from themselves the most beautiful thing that is contained in human nature. And they will live extreme adventures where the limits between life and death will be irremediably blurred".
"Sergi López will star in this journey accompanied by Bruno Núñez and a group of non-professional international actors. Together they will be the vehicle to show the convulsions that affect the world of our time, a time that is asking us all to look inside ourselves", the filmmaker declared.
In the technical team, the film counts with great professionals such as Oriol Maymó ('The Invisible Line', 'Eye for an Eye', 'The Next Skin') in the production direction, Mauro Herce as director of photography (Goya Award for Best Photography for 'Fire Will Come'), Laia Ateca ('Mantícora', 'Perfect Life', 'The Grandmother') as art director, Nadia Acimi ('Fire Will Come', 'La Traviata, My Brothers and I', 'Mimosas') as costume design and the musician David Kangding Ray, as composer of the soundtrack.
The film will be distributed in Spain by Bteam Pictures (a production and distribution company whose filmography includes titles such as '20,000 Species of bees', 'Lullaby', 'La Maternal' and 'Schoolgirls') and its international sales will be handled by The Match Factory, a company that has led the international distribution of renowned filmmakers such as Wim Wenders, Aki Kaurismäki, Alice Rohrwacher, Marco Bellocchio, Lucrecia Martel, Fatih Akin and Michel Franco, among others.
Synopsis
A man and his son arrive at a rave lost in the middle of the arid and ghostly mountains of southern Morocco. They are looking for Marina, his daughter and sister, who disappeared months ago at one of these excessive parties. Driven by fate, they decide to follow a group of ravers in search of one last party to be held in the desert, in the hope that Marina will be there.
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About Movistar Plus+
Movistar Plus+ is the leading audiovisual entertainment offering of the Telefónica Group in Spain. Its proposition includes bold original productions and the best premium sports content, films, series, documentaries and programmes, in addition to the best functionalities and on-demand access so users can enjoy watching television wherever, however and whenever they wish.
Movistar Plus+ was born as a film producer in 2013 under the Telefónica Studios brand. Some of the co-produced titles are "Palm Trees in the Snow", "Regression", "Tadeo Jones", " My Big Night", "Anacleto Secret Agent", "Wild Tales", "Requirements To Be A Normal Person", "To Steal From A Thief", "Toro", "Altamira", "Truman", "Smoke & Mirrors", " Gold" or "Champions". In 2019, Movistar Plus+ released its first original fiction film, “While at War“, by Alejandro Amenábar, followed by “Canallas”, by Daniel Guzmán, and “Prison 77“, by Alberto Rodríguez. In 2022, Movistar Plus+ has announced the production of five Original feature films by prestigious directors Icíar Bollaín, Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Alberto Rodríguez, Oliver Laxe and Ana Rujas.
About The Match Factory
The Match Factory is a world sales and production company dedicated to bringing the finest in arthouse cinema to the international market. We are passionate about working with films of signature and vision from around the globe. The Match Factory has built strong relationships with acclaimed directors and producers, while working simultaneously to discover promising new filmmakers with a powerful original style. Since 2022, The Match Factory is part of MUBI.
We are proud to be representing films by praised filmmakers such as Maren Ade, Karim Aïnouz, Fatih Akin, Alice Rohwacher, Thomas Arslan, Ritesh Batra, Marco Bellocchio, Laura Bispuri, Lukas Dhont, Sergey Dvortsevoy, Abel Ferrara, Michel Franco, Miguel Gomes, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Tatiana Huezo, Jim Jarmusch, Aki Kaurismäki, Amat Escalante, Samuel Maoz, Pietro Marcello, Lucrecia Martel, Sebastian Meise, Nanni Moretti, Kornél Mundruczó, Christian Petzold, Kelly Reichardt, Carlos Reygadas, Gianfranco Rosi, Julian Rosefeldt, Felix van Groeningen, Wang Xiaoshuai, Apichatpong Weerasethakul to name a few.
