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PRODUCTION / FINANCEMENT Espagne / France

La isla de los faisanes, le premier long-métrage d'Asier Urbieta, concourra à Göteborg

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- Ce thriller frontalier qui se déroule entre l'Espagne et la France réunit Jone Laspiur et Sambou Diaby dans les rôles principaux ; les ventes internationales du film sont gérées par Latido Films

La isla de los faisanes, le premier long-métrage d'Asier Urbieta, concourra à Göteborg
Jone Laspiur sur le tournage de La isla de los faisanes (© Nicolàs de Assas)

Cet article est disponible en anglais.

The movie Pheasant Island, the feature debut by Asier Urbieta, will be locking horns in the international competition of the 48th Göteborg Film Festival, which will unspool in the Swedish city of Gothenburg from 24 January-2 February. Shot in Gipuzkoa (Spain) and France, this border-set thriller stars Goya winner Jone Laspiur (Ane Is Missing [+lire aussi :
critique
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]
) and well-regarded stage actor Sambou Diaby. It was written by the director together with Andoni de Carlos, who also received a gong from the Spanish Film Academy for the screenplay of Giant [+lire aussi :
critique
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interview : Aitor Arregi et Jon Garaño
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]
. The cast is rounded off by Itziar Ituño (the series Money Heist, seen recently in In the Company of Women [+lire aussi :
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) and Josean Bengoetxea (who recently appeared in the series Cristóbal Balenciaga [+lire aussi :
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and The Last Night at Tremore Beach [+lire aussi :
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).

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The film was shot on location over six weeks, in the very places where the plot is set (Irun, Hendaye and San Sebastián): for this reason, the dialogue is in Basque, French and Spanish. The storyline introduces Pheasant Island as the smallest condominium in the world: for half of the year, it belongs to the Spanish state, and for the other half, it belongs to France. It sits in the middle of the Bidasoa river, the natural border separating both countries. A couple comprising Laida (played by Jone Laspiur) and Sambou (Sambou Diaby) are walking near the island and suddenly see two people swimming across the river in an attempt to reach the other side. Days later, a dead body appears during the island’s exchange of sovereignty. Who will take the lead in investigating this occurrence?

Asier Urbieta states about his feature debut: “One day, while leafing through the newspaper, I read that one Sunday, a group of cyclists were riding along the bank of the Bidasoa river when they heard cries for help from two people who were trying to cross the border by swimming, but the current was too strong. I put myself in their shoes, and a question arose in my head: what would I have done? I would love to say that I would have jumped in, but I’m not so sure. Using those real-life events as the starting point, I then developed the story of the movie.” He continues: “I wanted to approach a complex, global situation from the point of view of what happens near my home, events that people don’t know about: borders, the people who cross them and international politics affect us all, whether we’re aware of it or not. That’s why I wanted to tell this story from a local point of view, on the real-life border, but it’s also a perspective that could be of interest to an international audience.”

Pheasant Island is an Arcadia Motion Pictures, La Tentación Producciones and Galatea Films production, in conjunction with La Fidèle Production (France). It has secured funding from the ICAA and the Basque Government, and it boasts the involvement of EiTB and Movistar Plus+. Latido Films is overseeing its international sales, while BTeam Pictures will release it in Spanish theatres.

(Traduit de l'espagnol)

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