‘Querer', the first TV series directed by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa (‘Lullaby’), will premiere on Movistar Plus+ next October. The teaser posters and the first stills are already available.
The San Sebastian Film Festival (the 20th to the 28th of September) will host the world premiere of ‘Querer’, which will participate out of competition in the Official Selection of the 72nd edition of the Festival.
The international distribution of the series will be handled by Movistar Plus+ International.
In the words of Alauda Ruiz de Azúa
‘To premiere my first series at Zinemaldia is very special. ‘Querer' was born as a series, but beyond its episodic structure, I always visualised it from a cinematographic point of view. So I feel very honoured that its premiere is at Zinemaldia, in that context of love for cinema and in a cinema. As director, that means something magical, to be able to live the story together with the audience from the seats and receive at that very moment the sensations or emotions of the audience. Moreover, ‘Querer’ is a series linked to the Basque Country from the script to the shooting and I am thrilled that the first time we share it with everyone will be in San Sebastian’.
‘The viewer will find the story of how a rape accusation blows up an apparently conventional family. Miren reports her husband for rape after 30 years of marriage and this serious accusation forces her children to choose between their mother or their father. We wanted to push questions about sexual consent to the limit, to question the viewer as if they were a member of the family. There are questions that are difficult to answer and an intense emotional journey, as the judicial journey goes hand in hand with the family journey’.
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The four-episode series stars Nagore Aranburu (‘Irati’, ‘Intimacy’, ‘Loreak’), Pedro Casablanc (‘B, The Film’), Miguel Bernardeau (‘1899’, ‘Elite’), Iván Pellicer (‘Paradise’) and Loreto Mauleón (‘God’s Crooked Lines’, ‘Patria’).
Considered one of the most promising Spanish directors of the moment after winning the Goya for Best New Director for ‘Lullaby’ (a film that won three Goya awards), Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, together with Eduard Sola and Júlia de Paz, wrote the scripts for the four episodes that make up the series.
‘Querer' is a Movistar Plus+ original series in collaboration with Kowalski Films and Feelgood Media.
Synopsis
Miren goes to the police station with her lawyer and reports her husband for continuous rape during the marriage, perfect for everyone who knows them, which has lasted more than 30 years. Her husband claims not to have done anything wrong and feels a victim, outraged and wronged. Their eldest son decides to support his father because he himself is afraid of having crossed that line. Their youngest son decides to support his mother because he has also felt that invisible violence.
Technical details
An original Movistar Plus+ series in collaboration with Feelgood Media and Kowalski Films.
Created by: Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, Eduard Sola, Júlia de Paz
Executive Producers: Susana Herreras and Fran Araújo (Movistar Plus+), Juan Moreno (Feelgood Media), Koldo Zuazua (Kowalski Films)
Director: Alauda Ruiz de Azúa
Script: Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, Eduard Sola, Júlia de Paz
Photography: Sergi Gallardo
Art director: Zaloa Ziluaga
Production direction: Itziar García Zubiri
Costume design: Marta Murillo
Make-up and hairdresser: Ainhoa Eskisabel
Direct sound: Andrea Saenz Pereiro
Editing: Andrés Gil
Episodes: 4 X 50'.
About Alauda Ruiz de Azúa
Alauda Ruiz de Azúa won the Goya for Best New Director with his first feature film, ‘Lullaby’, which premiered at the Berlinale and winner of two Biznagas de Oro at the Malaga Film Festival it was also a sleeper at the Spanish box office. After ‘Lullaby’, she premiered ‘Love at First Kiss’ for Netflix written by Cristobal Garrido and Adolfo Valor. ‘Querer’ is Alauda's first personal project after winning the Goya Award.
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