Cuerca adapts van Cauwelaert
by Vitor Pinto
Barcelona will host, during the month of October, the shoot for La Educación de las Hadas, the new film by José Luis Cuerda, who returns after 6 years, when he made La lengua de las mariposas.
Presented last week within the framework of the San Sebastian International Film Festival, the casting of the director's new project brings together Argentinean actor Ricardo Darín (El Aura [+see also:
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La Educación de las Hadas, shooting for 9 weeks in several locations in Barcelona, is produced by Tornasol Films (Spain), Messidor Films (Spain) and Finales Felices (Spain), in association with Lazennec & Associes (France), Madragoa Filmes (Portugal) and Pol-ka Producciones (Argentina).
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