COUNTRY
Spain
PRODUCTION
Estela Producciones Cinematográficas
YEAR2024
DURATION65 min
WRITING José Luis García Berlanga, Adrián Ramos, Juan Sánchez
CINEMATOGRAPHY Tote Trenas (AEC)
MUSIC
Mastretta
EDITION Xavi Fortino (AMAE)
CAST Eva Isanta, Arturo Valls, Ernesto Sevilla, Agustín Jiménez, Rita Gil-Nagel, Daniel Pérez Prada, Macarena de Rueda, Jorge Rueda, Javier Bódalo, Marta Fernández Muro, Juana Cordero, María Elena Flores, Jorge García Berlanga
DISTRIBUTION Mercury Films
INTERNATIONAL SALES Mercury Films
CONTACT irene.hidalgo@estelafilms.com
SYNOPSIS The untold story of the most secret and unknown Berlanga. The director himself will guide the narrator through a prop warehouse filled with memories that once resided in his Somosaguas studio and had remained concealed until now. In this chaotic setting, the narrator will converse with a veteran 'Berlanguian girl', listen to the filmmaker's poems and letters from the front, and witness the characters from several of his unfilmed scripts come to life.
José Luis García Berlanga
In 1997, he co-founded the production company La Salamandra with Fernando Colomo, producing
Tigres de papel (1977),
Qué hace una chica como tú en un sitio como este (1978), and
Ópera prima (1980). In the late 1980s, he established his own commercial production company, directing campaigns for brands such as Ford and Peugeot. While working on the campaign for Fairy’s
Villarriba y Villabajo, he proposed a TV series with the same name, which he produced, wrote, and directed for RTVE in 1994. He continued his work in television, writing, directing, and producing series like
La banda de Pérez (1997) and
Don Juan (1997). As director or executive producer, he contributed to
R.I.S. Científica (2007),
M.I.R. (2007), and
Hospital Central (2000–2012). He also directed two feature films:
Barrios altos (1987) and
Viva la vida (2019).
FILMOGRAPHY
Viva la vida (feature film, 2019),
R.I.S. Científica (TV series, 2007),
M.I.R. (TV series, 2007-2008),
Sin tetas no hay paraíso (TV series, 2008-2009),
Hospital Central (TV series, 2000-2012),
Don Juan (TV series, 1997),
Villarriba y Villabajo (feature film, 1994),
Barrios altos (feature film, 1987)
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