12/09/2002 - The Spaniard, Vincente Aranda, is back on set with Carmen. It's another story of love and passion for the director of Lovers & Madness of Joan.

There’s more love and passion for Vicente Aranda. The 76 year old Spanish director is back on set with a new portrait of women. After the Queen of Aragon and Castile, Madness of Joan, he’s become fascinated by a strong female literary characters like Carmen, and is once again back on familiar territory, with a passionate drama. After Lovers, with which he won the Goya prize in 1991, and Turkish Passion Aranda has been inspired by a book with the same name by Prosper Mérimée which tells the story of a “femme fatale without shame”, as described by the director, who is forced to cope with the years after the Spanish war of Independence, one of the most difficult periods in the country’s history, with strength and determination. It’s written by the director, in collaboration with Joaquin Jordà and stars Paz Vega, who’s already appeared in Sex and Lucia by Julio Medem, and the Argentine Leonardo Sbaraglia. The film will be shot entirely in Andalusia, between Seville, Cordova, Ronda and Osuna and the filming will last 10 weeks. Shooting is due to start on September 16.

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(Translated from Italian)