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CANNES 2023 Marché du Film

Latido Films sells Daniel Calparsoro's new film in Cannes

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- The thriller All the Names of God, starring Luis Tosar and Inma Cuesta, leads the Spanish agency's catalogue, which also offers Campeonex, by Javier Fesser

Latido Films sells Daniel Calparsoro's new film in Cannes
All the Names of God by Daniel Calparsoro

The film crew for All the Names of God [+see also:
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bought Madrid’s major street to a standstill to shoot one of its most tense scenes, with Luis Tosar loaded with explosives. Its director, Daniel Calparsoro, returns to action in one of the most eagerly awaited Spanish feature films of the season, which will be released in the autumn in commercial cinemas but can already be seen at Marché du Film (16-24 May) at the 76th Cannes Festival, where it will be shown by Latido Films, an agency that manages its international sales.

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There will also be screenings of Spanish films that screened at the last Malaga Festival: Under Therapy [+see also:
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, by Gerardo Herrero, whose ensemble cast won a special jury mention; The Enchanted [+see also:
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, by Elena Trapé, which won the Silver Biznaga for Best Screenplay at the same event; and the drama Sica [+see also:
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, by Carla Subirana, which also screened at the Berlinale (Generation section) and premieres in Spain on 19 May.

Another of the star titles in its catalogue is Javier Fesser’s Championext [+see also:
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, the sequel to the hit Champions [+see also:
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which took the box office by storm as well as the Goya awards, where it won three trophies. It has also sold its rights for the North American adaptation, Champions by Bobby Farrelly, starring Woody Harrelson in the same role played by Javier Gutiérrez.

Also at the Berlinale, in the Generation Kplus section, Longing for the World [+see also:
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, a Swiss feature film directed by Jenna Hasse received a special mention: and in Nantes the recently deceased master Carlos Saura won the award for Best Documentary with Walls Can Talk [+see also:
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Latido also represents Chinas [+see also:
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, by Arantxa Echevarría, director of Carmen & Lola [+see also:
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who this time portrays the conflicts of the new generations of immigrants in a film starring Pablo Marinero, Leonor Watling and, once again, Carolina Yuste. Another director, Belén Macías, will show snippets of her latest work: Verano en rojo [+see also:
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, a crime film with Marta Nieto and José Coronado.

Other feature films managed by the Madrid agency but still in development include Pablo Hernando’s Una ballena [+see also:
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, with Ingrid García-Jonsson and Ramón Barea leading the cast; Saturn Return [+see also:
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, now shooting, with Isaki Lacuesta portraying the Granada rock band Los Planetas; and Ruta Salvatge (Wild Road), a Catalan neowestern by Marc Recha with his usual collaborator Sergi López as the lead.

Tobacco Barns [+see also:
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, a rural fantasy by newcomer Rocío Mesa that won the Audience Award in the Visions section at South by Southwest; the new film by Félix Viscarret, Not Such an Easy Life [+see also:
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, which was enjoyed in Malaga; the latest work by Chus Gutiérrez, entitled Little Red Riding Wolf [+see also:
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; and the French-Colombian co-production La barbarie (The Barbarians), Andrew Sala’s second feature film, are among the other featured titles in the Latido Films catalogue that will be heading to Cannes.

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(Translated from Spanish by Vicky York)

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