02/11/2023 - Patricia López Arnaiz, Antonio de la Torre and Julián López star in the new film by the Spanish director, a drama produced by MOD, Misent Producciones and Inicia Films

Actress Patricia López Arnaiz and director Pilar Palomero on the set of Glimmers (© Laia Lluch)

Spanish filmmaker Pilar Palomero is currently shooting Glimmers [+see also:
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Its plot, written by the director, tells how Isabel's life (played by López Arnaiz) takes an unexpected turn the day her daughter Madalen (played by Guerola) asks her to visit Ramón (de la Torre), who is ill, on a regular basis. After fifteen years away from her ex-husband, whom she sees as a stranger despite the fact that they were family for years, resentments that she thought she had gotten past begin to resurface in Isabel. However, by accompanying the man at his most vulnerable moment, Isabel will be able to see the failure they experienced through different eyes and focus on the present of her own existence.

Based on the story Un corazón demasiado grande, by the Basque writer Eider Rodríguez, Pilar Palomero states that "from the very first moment I was intrigued by this story which, broadly speaking, was about the forced reunion of a couple that didn't work out. I felt that this conflict allowed me to think about how contradictory and complex the ties we create can be and, above all, to propose a reflection on the impressions that we make and leave behind, and that make us who we are".

Glimmers is a production from MOD, Misent Producciones and Inicia Films with the participation of RTVE, Movistar Plus+, TVC and À Punt, with funding from ICAA - Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales and the collaboration of the ICEC - Generalitat de Catalunya and IVC - Generalitat Valenciana. The film will be released in Spanish cinemas by Caramel Films.

(Translated from Spanish by Vicky York)