14/09/2009

Turning out one film every three or four years, with no flops, Fernando León has a filmography studded with popular and critical successes. These include his debut work Family (winner of a Goya Award), Barrio (which confirmed his directorial talent and earned him two Goyas and the Silver Conch at San Sebastian), Mondays in the Sun [+see also:
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He is currently immersed in the production of his latest work, Amador, whose ten-week shoot began August 15 and will take place in Madrid, the director’s hometown and setting for his early works, and Barcelona. The film is produced by Patricia de Muns of Reposado and Javier Méndez of Mediapro, which is once again showing its support for Spanish auteur cinema (after Map of the Sounds of Tokyo [+see also:
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Written by León, the film centres on Marcela, a young immigrant with financial problems, and Amador, the elderly disabled man she takes care of when his family is away one summer.

Marcela is played by young Peruvian actress Magaly Solier, best known as the star of Peru-born, Spanish–based director Claudia Llosa’s two features, Madeinusa and The Milk of Sorrow (winner of the Golden Bear at the 2009 Berlinale). Veteran Galician actor Celso Bugallo plays Amador.

Amador’s technical team includes DoP Ramiro Civita, art director Llorenç Miquel, live sound manager Iván Marín, production manager Luis Fernández Lago, composer Lucio Godoy and editor Nacho Ruiz Capillas.

(Translated from Spanish)