25/03/2025 - Sonia Almarcha, Tomás del Estal, Guillermo Benet, Laura Weissmahr and newcomer Júlia Mascort star in the drama about the director’s own experiences as she cared for her mother as a young woman

(l-r) Sonia Almarcha, Laura Weissmahr, Júlia Mascort, Guillermo Benet and Tomás del Estal in Yo no moriré de amor

Marta Matute is currently in Madrid and Valdemoro shooting her feature debut, Yo no moriré de amor (lit. “I Will Not Die of Love”), a film that draws inspiration from her own experiences. It stars first-timer Júlia Mascort, who will be flanked by Sonia Almarcha (Goya-nominated for The Good Boss [+see also:
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According to the synopsis, at 18 years of age, Claudia (played by Júlia Mascort) has no desire to be the heroine in her family. Her mother’s illness bursts into the household like a silent storm. However, the girl wishes to live a life just like any other person her age. Straddling her duty to her family and her wish to make the most of her youth, she will have to choose how to love without giving up on herself.

The writer-director, whose work is inspired by Carla Simón (Summer 1993 [+see also:
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Matute has worked as a video technician, an assistant director and an actress, and she currently teaches acting classes at the William Layton Theatre Laboratory. In 2020, she was selected for the Spanish Film Academy Residencies with Yo no moriré de amor, which picked up the SGAE Julio Alejandro Screenplay Award in 2021, and which has partaken in the Ventana CineMad, CDPAI, Ventana Sur and La Incubadora ECAM labs. The first short film that she directed was Una amiga (2023).

Yo no moriré de amor is a co-production by José Esteban Alenda and César Esteban Alenda for Solita Films (Spain), María Zamora for Elastica (Spain) and Flavia Biurrun for Saga Film (Belgium), which has secured support from the ICAA, Eurimages, RTVE, Movistar Plus+, the Community of Madrid, Madrid City Council and Filmin.

(Translated from Spanish)