19/08/2020 - The director begins filming his second feature, the bloody journey of a Brussels subway driver, starring Antonio de la Torre and Marine Vacth

Actor Antonio de la Torre and actress Marine Vacth

Last week began the shoot of the new film from Giordano Gederlini, screenwriter on Ladj Ly’s recent film Les Misérables [+see also:
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The film follows the journey of Leo Castaneda. Leo is a Spanish man living in Brussels, where he drives the subway trains of line 6. One evening, he locks eyes with a young man standing on the platform. His eyes are feverish with despair, his face familiar… Leo recognises his son Hugo, just as the latter tragically disappears under the rails. Leo, who hadn’t seen his son for more than two years, will discover that Hugo was involved in a bloody robbery. He will have to face violent criminals in order to try and understand the reasons behind his son’s death. 

Leo will be played by Spanish actor Antonio de la Torre (seen in Pedro Almodóvar’s Volver [+see also:
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Co-starring in the film with them will be many Belgian actors, including Olivier Gourmet, Fabrice Adde, Tibo Vandenborre and Noé Englebert.

The film is produced by Frakas Production (which is also handling the filming, currently in progress, of Inexorable [+see also:
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(Translated from French)