Arantxa Echevarría directs Hugo Silva in Cada día nace un listo
- The director of Undercover, Goya winner for Best Film, has enlisted the actor to star in what she describes as a “satirical thriller” produced by Atresmedia Cine, LaZona and Lamia
Currently being filmed between Gipuzkoa and Biarritz, Cada día nace un listo is the new film by Basque filmmaker Arantxa Echevarría, following her Goya win for Best Film with her previous feature, Undercover [+see also:
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It stars Hugo Silva (nominated for a Goya last year for Un amor [+see also:
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interview: Ramón Salazar
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interview: Alauda Ruiz de Azúa
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interview: Klaudia Reynicke
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interview: Estíbaliz Urresola
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interview: Alauda Ruiz de Azúa
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The script, written by Echevarría herself and Patricia Campo, features Toni Lomas (played by Hugo Silva), who rose to fame after participating in a successful talent show. Now, with nowhere to go, his situation changes when a love from the past reconnects him with the son of a wealthy businessman, who enlists him to steal a valuable painting from the family home.
For Echevarría (whose directorial debut Carmen y Lola [+see also:
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She goes on to say, “Most of society will never experience a life of luxury and excess. The powerful, on the other hand, have reached that life through a path that seems impossible to those of us who must work to pay the bills. But we all want happiness, rich and poor alike. And yes, money brings us closer to it. A stolen Caravaggio, people dying of hunger, a scam, cheating, drugs, music, power and guile. All of that is this film.”
Cada día nace un listo is produced by Atresmedia Cine, LaZona and Olarizu Films AIE in association with Lamia Producciones Audiovisuales. It features the participation of Atresmedia, EiTB and the Netflix platform, with funding from the ICAA and collaboration from the Community of Madrid and Madrid City Council. A Contracorriente Films will distribute the film in Spain.
(Translated from Spanish)
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