At 17.34, following the 2017 terrorist attack on the Ramblas in Barcelona, the police deploy Operation Cronos: this is the storyline on which a new drama-thriller is based. Now in post-production, it promises to be a particularly hard-hitting title in Spain. With a screenplay by Alberto Marini (nominated for a Goya Award for Retribution [+leggi anche:
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The shoot for Operation Cronos took place over eight weeks in the real-life Catalonian locations where the events portrayed unfolded, following more than two years of thorough research work drawing on various real-life testimonios, courtesy of journalists Nacho Carretero and Arturo Lezcano. The film describes, from different points of view, the execution of Operation Cronos, a protocol activated on 17 August 2017 in response to the jihadist act of terrorism on the Ramblas, in which 16 people died and another 131 were injured. These four interminable days of confusion, tension, pain, frustration, anger and political confrontations ended with the downfall of the last terrorist on the run and many open wounds.

The feature stars an ensemble cast made up of Enric Auquer (winner of a Goya Award for Eye for an Eye [+leggi anche:
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What’s more, the movie is being made in conjunction with the main institutions involved in the operation that was deployed in 2017, such as the Mossos d’Esquadra, the Guàrdia Urbana, the Firefighters of Barcelona, and the Barcelona Social and Welfare Emergency Centre, as well as the district of Ciutat Vella: specifically, the Directorate of Licensing and Public Space, Barcelona d'Infraestructures Municipals (BIMSA), the Barcelona Culture Institute and the Barcelona Film Commission, among others.

Operation Cronos is being produced by Mercedes Gamero for the outfit Beta Fiction Spain, Nuria Valls for Nostromo Pictures and Hogar Produccion AIE, in co-production with 3Cat. It boasts the involvement of RTVE, Movistar Plus+, HBO Max, and support from the ICAA and ICEC. Its international sales are being entrusted to Film Factory Entertainment, and it will be released in Spanish theatres by Beta Fiction Spain on 10 September.