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Line-Up Q2 2020
Line-up It Snows in Benidorm
The Daughter
Forgotten We’ll Be
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11
The Intruder 15
Schoolgirls 19
One for All 23
The Wedding Unplanner 27
Black Beach 31
The Legacy of the Bones 35
IT SNOWS IN BENIDORM A film by Isabel Coixet
IT SNOWS IN BENIDORM Nieva en Benidorm IT SNOWS IN BENIDORM is a quirky thriller set in this kitschy Spanish seaside resort full of excess where anything is possible. An exciting setting to witness the late blooming of a quiet middle aged man looking for his missing brother. Drama, Thriller / Spain / 2020 / English, Spanish / Post-production After being forced to retire, Peter, a man of routines and few joys, decides to go to Benidorm to visit his brother Daniel with whom he has very little contact. But when he arrives in Benidorm, Daniel seems to have vanished. Peter will then discover that his brother owns the Benidorm Club, where a group of dancers make exotic and burlesque performances. Among them, Alex, a beautiful woman with an enigmatic past, who will steal his heart. In the search of his brother, Peter will confront dangers involving real estate mafias and unpaid debts. Benidorm will be one more protagonist in this story, a place sometimes beautiful, sometimes dangerous and gloomy that will be the background of a romantic love story in its twilight. DIRECTOR: Isabel Coixet (Elisa & Marcela, My Life Without Me) CAST: Timothy Spall (The Party, Mr. Turner), Sarita Choudhury (Learning to Drive), Pedro Casablanc (Pain and Glory), Carmen Machi (The Tribe, Spanish Affair), Ana Torrent (Veronica) PRODUCTION COMPANY: El Deseo (Pedro & Agustín Almodóvar)
“ Benidorm has always intrigued me; that
mixture of Blackpool hoolingans, pensioners
doing aquagym, shots for 1 euro, traffickers,
families, kitsch, roast chicken, beans on toast,
Elvis impersonators, impossible buildings, karaoke,
bingo, two bands, excess, constitutes priceless
material for any story teller. And often you don’t
even have to invent a story because the oily
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asphalt of the city offers you an endless flow of
anecdotes that can give rise to a symphony, an
opera or this film IT SNOWS IN BENIDORM...
Isabel Coixet
Director
THE DAUGHTER A film by Manuel Martín Cuenca
THE DAUGHTER
La Hija
THE DAUGHTER is a cleverly-constructed dramatic thriller by one of
Spain’s most intriguing auteurs, Manuel Martín Cuenca, whose Cannibal
and The Motive (Fipresci Award at TIFF) proved critical darlings. The film
explores an intriguing conundrum, the limits to our right to parenthood, in
a tense triangle starring Javier Gutiérrez (Marshland) and Patricia Lopez
Arnaiz (While at War) as the barren couple helping teenage pregnant
orphan, Irene, portrayed by breaktrough 15-year-old Irene Virgüez.
THE DAUGHTER is shot in the breathtaking landscape of the Andalusian
mountains and is co-produced by one of Spain’s top producers, MOD
(While at War, Biutiful and Agora).
Drama, Thriller / Spain / 2020 / Spanish / In production
THE DAUGHTER tells the story of Irene, a pregnant 15-year-old who has
just escaped from a juvenile center and given a safe place to hide by
Javier, her tutor, and his wife if she follows their rules - which could mean
giving up her child when it’s born.
DIRECTOR: Manuel Martín Cuenca (Cannibal, The Motive)
CAST: Javier Gutiérrez (Marshland, The Motive), Patricia López Arnaiz
(While at War), Irene Virgüez
PRODUCTION COMPANIES: MOD Producciones (While at War,
Agora), La Loma Blanca (The Motive).
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“ Where are the limits to our right to maternity
and parenthood? Adela and Javier believe in their
right to be parents at any price. In contrast, Dana,
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our pregnant teenage protagonist, possesses her
natural right to be a mother and she’ll fight for it
until the end.
Manuel Martín Cuenca
Director
FORGOTTEN WE’LL BE A film by Fernando Trueba
FORGOTTEN WE’LL BE El Olvido que Seremos Oscar®-winner Fernando Trueba (Belle Époque) is back with FORGOTTEN WE’LL BE, the adaptation of Héctor Abad Faciolince’s masterpiece, one of the must-read books in contemporary Spanish-language literature and the true story of his father, Colombian human rights activist Héctor Abad Gómez. Starring Javier Cámara (The Young Pope), FORGOTTEN WE’LL BE tells the story of a man torn between the love of his family and his political fight set in the violence-riddled Colombia of recent decades. Drama / Colombia / 2020 / Spanish / Post-production Based on Héctor Abad Faciolince’s cult novel, FORGOTTEN WE’LL BE portrays the life of Héctor Abad Gómez, a prominent doctor and human rights activist in the polarized, violent Medellin of the 70s. A family man worried not only for his own children but those of the underprivileged classes as well, his home was imbued with vitality and creativity, the result of an education based on tolerance and love. Nothing could foretell that a terrible cancer would take the life of one of his beloved daughters. Driven by sadness and rage, Héctor devoted himself to the social and political causes of the time. This is an intimate story seen through the eyes of his only son, Héctor Abad Facilionce, one of the most outstanding writers in modern Spanish-language literature. DIRECTOR: Fernando Trueba (Belle Époque, Chico & Rita) CAST: Javier Cámara (The Young Pope, Talk to Her), Nicolás Reyes Cano, Juan Pablo Urrego, Patricia Tamayo PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Caracol Televisión (Birds of Passage), Dago García Producciones (Embrace of the Serpent) COLOMBIAN RELEASE: 17th of September 2020, by Cinecolombia
“ FORGOTTEN WE’LL BE had to be put to
film. The values this story stands for touch us
so deeply. It leaves no one indifferent because it
affects all of us. It should be told and retold. Even
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if it is merely with the hope of making this world
a bit better or, more modestly, that thousands
more people would read the book.
Fernando Trueba
DirectorTHE INTRUDER A film by Natalia Meta
THE INTRUDER
El Prófugo
Starring Érica Rivas (Wild Tales), Nahuel Pérez Biscayart (BPM - Beats
Per Minute) and Almodóvar regular Cecilia Roth, THE INTRUDER,
directed by Natalia Meta (Death in Buenos Aires) is a giallo-infused
psycho-sexual thriller destined to become one of the most talked about
features of the year.
Thriller / Argentina, Mexico / 2020 / Spanish / 95 min
Inés works as a dubbing actress and sings in a choir in Buenos Aires.
While on an idyllic trip she suffers a traumatic episode that she can’t
recover from. She has trouble sleeping and experiences very vivid
nightmares as strange sounds begin to emerge from inside her. Awake,
Inés feels suddenly surrounded by people that seem to come from her
dreams.
DIRECTOR: Natalia Meta (Death in Buenos Aires)
CAST: Érica Rivas (Wild Tales), Nahuel Pérez Biscayart (BPM – Beats
Per Minute), Daniel Hendler (The Moneychanger), Cecilia Roth (Pain
and Glory)
PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Rei Cine (The Accused, Zama), Picnic
Producciones, Barraca Producciones, Infinity Hill
ARGENTINE RELEASE: August/September 2020, by Buena Vista
16“ The unconceivable is felt as part of the strange,
the uncanny or evil. When it first appears in our
fantasies, we still feel fear. Until we realize our
wishes are true. Our intention with this film is
to actively contribute in the process of dissolving
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the oppositions that restrict our world: reality
and dreams, life and desire, mind and sight, man
and woman, cinema and truth.
Natalia Meta
DirectorSCHOOLGIRLS A film by Pilar Palomero
SCHOOLGIRLS Las Niñas SCHOOLGIRLS is a delicate coming-of-age drama set in the contradictory Spain of the 90s. A story of a confused generation of young women delivered by first-time director Pilar Palomero and by the producers of critically acclaimed Summer 1993. Drama / Spain / 2020 / Spanish / 97 min SCHOOLGIRLS is the story of Celia, an 11-year-old girl who studies at a nuns’ school in 1992. Celia is a good girl; she is a responsible student and a considerate daughter. The arrival of a new classmate will open a little window through which Celia will discover a whole new world. Together with her new friend and some older girls, Celia will enter a new stage in life: adolescence, the stage of first-times. Her body needs to experiment, try new things, and stop being a little girl, even if that entails confronting her mother and everything that means comfort and security. DIRECTOR: Pilar Palomero CAST: Andrea Fandos, Natalia de Molina (Elisa & Marcela, Kiki Love to Love), Zoe Arnao, Julia Sierra, Francesca Piñón PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Inicia Films (Summer 1993), Bteam Pictures (Between Two Waters), Las Niñas Majicas, A.I.E. SPANISH RELEASE: September/October 2020, by Bteam
“ From the age of 4 to 14, I went to an all-girls
nuns’ school. The majority of my teachers were
nuns and they talked about Heaven and Hell, sin,
the beginning of the 90s, a country thirsting for
progress and modernity.
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SCHOOLGIRLS is the story of many of the women
chastity... Then, when we girls left class, we came of today, told through the education they received
across a highly different reality: that of Spain at from the Spain of 1992.
Pilar Palomero
DirectorONE FOR ALL A film by David Ilundain
ONE FOR ALL Uno Para Todos A classroom of students who bury their feelings and a teacher ready to tackle toxic dynamics and to heal open wounds. This is the base of ONE FOR ALL, the upcoming film from the producers of Summer 1993 and director David Ilundain, starring David Verdaguer (Summer 1993). An inspiring dramatic feature about forgiveness and overcoming obstacles both inside and beyond school walls. Drama / Spain / 2020 / Spanish / 91 min A substitute teacher takes on a class of sixth graders in a town completely new to him. When he discovers that he has to reintegrate a sick student into the classroom he stumbles on an even bigger problem: none of his classmates wants him to return. DIRECTOR: David Ilundain CAST: David Verdaguer, Patricia López Arnaiz, Clara Segura PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Inicia Films, Fasten Seat Belt, Bolo Audiovisual, A Contracorriente Films, Uno Para Todos La Pelicula AIE, Amalur AIE
“ Does the future exist? the teacher asks
his students. To create a different future, we
first have to imagine it. But it’s one thing to
say this, as if it were a theory born of experience,
and another to put it into practice. Only when
Aleix starts to apply this theory in real life does
he also start to transform this 6th grade class in
the small town where he was sent this year. And
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that’s when the kids will start to transform into
their best selves: Carlos, Selua, Victor, Noa, Fede,
Vero and their 18 classmates. ONE for all.
David Ilundain
DirectorTHE WEDDING UNPLANNER A film by Dani de la Orden
THE WEDDING UNPLANNER Hasta que la Boda nos Separe What would you do if you had to plan your crush’s wedding and you were not the bride? That’s exactly what our protagonist, Marina, is up against in this romantic comedy directed by trendsetting Dani de la Orden (Elite), which is destined to become a Valentine’s hit. Romantic Comedy / Spain / 2020 / Spanish / 110 min Marina is a woman in her thirties who works organizing weddings. Not because she is an inveterate romantic just because, as she says, “when people are in love, they don’t care about money”. Unlike her customers, she enjoys a life without ties or commitments, until the moment when she falls in love with Carlos. The problem is not only he is about to get married, but also his fiancee is Marina’s childhood friend and they have hired her as their Wedding Planner. DIRECTOR: Dani de la Orden (Elite, The Best Summer of My Life) CAST: Belén Cuesta (Holy Camp!, Kiki Love to Love), Álex García (Kiki Love to Love), Silvia Alonso (For Your Own Good), Adrián Lastra (Cousinhood) PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Atresmedia Cine (The Tribe, It’s Now or Never), Álamo Producciones (The Best Summer of My Life) SPANISH RELEASE: 14th of February 2020, by A Contracorriente
MARINA, CARLOS, ALEXIA, a thirty-something who makes a living planning an architect in a slump, has been going out is so perfect that a girl would have to force weddings enjoys a life with no attachments, for years with Alexia, a wonderful woman who herself to hate her. She might not have treated and no commitments, but everything changes loves him madly. Trouble arises when Carlos Marina so nicely back when they were kids, but when she meets Carlos, who happens to be her hooks up with Marina, who will make him now she’s ready to ask for forgiveness so they next client. reconsider his future. can build a new friendship for life.
BLACK BEACH A film by Esteban Crespo
BLACK BEACH Black Beach From Oscar® nominee for Best Live Action Short Film, Esteban Crespo, comes this story set in Africa about a merciless negotiator who ends up mediating in a kidnapping where nothing is as it seems. Corruption and injustice will be our hero’s travel companions and he will learn there is no such thing as absolute good or pure evil. Thriller / Spain / 2019 / Spanish, English / Post-production Carlos is a merciless negotiator. His talent and his mother’s contacts are about to put him at the top of his career. But first he has to go to Africa and mediate in a kidnapping that has endangered a million-dollar contract. He might not be an expert in this type of situation, but he’s the right man for the job: the terrorist behind the kidnapping is an old friend from back when Carlos was doing volunteer work in the country. But the kidnapping is only the tip of the iceberg of a conspiracy where nothing is as it seems, the kidnappers turn out to be the victims and Carlos will have to face a corrupt and hostile government backed by large western corporations. DIRECTOR: Esteban Crespo (Loving) CAST: Raúl Arévalo (The Fury of a Patient Man, Marshland), Paulina García (Gloria, Common Blood), Candela Peña (Kiki Love to Love, Princesas), Melina Mathews, Emilio Buale PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Lazona (No Rest for the Wicked), Nephilim (Gloria) SPANISH RELEASE: Q3 2020, by eOne AVAILABLE COUNTRY: China
“ BLACK BEACH is the name of a mythically cruel
prison in Malabo in Equatorial Guinea. When I lived
there I heard genuine atrocities about things that
happened there. Anyone sent there knew that, if they
were lucky enough to get out alive, they would never
be the same. Unfortunately I had the displeasure to
witness that it was true: a friend of mine was sent
there and his body and mind were changed forever.
Carlos, the main character in this film, returns to the
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African country where Black Beach is located and
when he leaves nothing will ever be the same. His
whole life is turned upside-down.
Esteban Crespo
Director
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“ It’s very hard to think nobly when
you’re only trying to stay alive.
Jean-Jacques RousseauTHE LEGACY OF THE BONES A film by Fernando González Molina
THE LEGACY OF THE BONES Legado en los Huesos After the success of the The Invisible Guardian comes the second chapter in this worldwide literary hit, a heart-stopping suspense thriller that will blow audiences away once again. Thriller, Suspense / Spain / 2019 / Spanish / 119 min It’s been a year since Inspector Amaia Salazar solved the crimes that terrorized her valley. She’s now pregnant and is determined to leave what she experienced in her hometown in the past. But she finds her life shaken by an unforeseen event: the suicides of several inmates who leave behind a single written word in their cells: Tarttalo. The dangers Amaia thought she’d escaped return with a vengeance and she must undertake a dizzying investigation to solve the new case, all while menaced by the presence of her disturbing mother. DIRECTOR: Fernando González Molina (The Invisible Guardian, Palm Trees in the Snow) CAST: Marta Etura (The Invisible Guardian), Leonardo Sbaraglia (The Invisible Guardian, The Accused, Wild Tales), Colin McFarlane (The Dark Knight) PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Nostromo Pictures (The Invisible Guardian, The Invisible Guest), Atresmedia Cine (The Invisible Guardian, Marshland), Nadcon Film (Millennium trilogy) SPANISH RELEASE: 5th of December 2019, by DeA Planeta AVAILABLE COUNTRY: China
“ Our objective has always been that THE
LEGACY OF THE BONES was a film that could be
enjoyed in an independent way. But, at the same
and more thrilling than the previous one. Besides,
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more key details are added to understand Amaia
and her family’s story, the essential epicenter of
time, that it could be perceived as the second part our trilogy.
in which each film becomes increasingly bigger Fernando González Molina
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