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Raúl Arévalo plays the lead in Memorias de un hombre en pijama

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- The actor and director, who has won several awards, lends his voice and features to the adaptation of the famous comic strip by Paco Roca

Raúl Arévalo plays the lead in Memorias de un hombre en pijama
Raúl Arévalo in Memorias de un hombre en pijama (© RTVE)

Actor Raúl Arévalo, who is today also the most highly acclaimed director in Spain thanks to The Fury of a Patient Man [+see also:
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(which is being released in Italy this week), reflects on his next project behind the camera, without forgetting his career as an actor. "I’m delighted to have been able to work on this film, it was a completely different experience to those I’ve had up until now", he told Cineuropa in an interview talking about his role in Memorias de un hombre en pijama [+see also:
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. Three years in the making, this big screen adaptation of the famous comic strip by Paco Roca is currently in post-production.

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In this project, directed by Carlos Fernández de Vigo, Raúl Arévalo plays opposite María Castro. The screenplay for this romantic comedy was written by Paco Roca himself, in partnership with Diana López and Ángel de la Cruz. Last but not least, companies Dream Team Concept (The Sex of Angel [+see also:
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s, La crisis carnívora), Ladybug Films (Félix et Cie) and Hampa Studio were in charge of production.

Raúl Arévalo plays Paco, in his animated form and in the flesh, in the same way that María Castro gives life to Jilguero. Paco is a forty-something may, who’s happy to work from home… until he meets Jilguero, a woman he falls in love with. She tries to get him to change his habits, to make him ditch the pyjamas and go outside. Their respective friends, singletons and couples alike, also have a hand in the way the situation develops.

This new project has the potential to be just as successful as the last autobiographical piece by Paco Raco that was adapted for the big screen: Arrugas [+see also:
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. This animated film brought home two Goya awards and was sold in 65 countries, including France, Italy, Portugal, the United States, Japan, Australia, Russia and the United Kingdom. Memorias de un hombre en pijama was supported by TVE, TV3 and Movistar Plus+, as well as ICAA, ICEC, IVAC and AGADIC. The original soundtrack was composed by the group Love of Lesbian.

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(Translated from Spanish)

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