Filmax has taken global distribution rights for “My Friend Eva,” the latest from Spanish director Cesc Gay whose ‘Truman’ proved a notable hit overseas, scoring substantial theatrical returns in several territories.
Set against the backdrops of Barcelona and Rome, this romantic comedy boasts Nora Navas (“Libertad”) Juan Diego Botto (“The Suicide Squad”) and Rodrigo de la Serna (“Money Heist”).
The film marks the ninth collaboration between Gay and producer Marta Esteban of Imposible Films, dating back to Gay’s breakout “Nico and Dani” and taking in “Truman.”
The new film turns on Eva, 50, a married woman on the quest for passion whose life takes a dramatic turn after a serendipitous encounter in Rome. She remembers what it feels like to fall in love again. This rekindling of passion propels her to rediscover love, challenging and changing her existing life.
Gay characterized the film as a comedy of serious intent. It is “filled with misunderstandings,...
Set against the backdrops of Barcelona and Rome, this romantic comedy boasts Nora Navas (“Libertad”) Juan Diego Botto (“The Suicide Squad”) and Rodrigo de la Serna (“Money Heist”).
The film marks the ninth collaboration between Gay and producer Marta Esteban of Imposible Films, dating back to Gay’s breakout “Nico and Dani” and taking in “Truman.”
The new film turns on Eva, 50, a married woman on the quest for passion whose life takes a dramatic turn after a serendipitous encounter in Rome. She remembers what it feels like to fall in love again. This rekindling of passion propels her to rediscover love, challenging and changing her existing life.
Gay characterized the film as a comedy of serious intent. It is “filled with misunderstandings,...
- 2/17/2024
- by Callum McLennan
- Variety Film + TV
In one of the first deals to emerge from the San Sebastian Film Festival, powerhouse indie studio, Filmax, which celebrates its 70th anniversary at San Sebastian Festival, has snapped up international rights to LGBTQ+ dramedy “Norbert(a)” from Imposible Films, the producers of hits “Truman,” “The People Upstairs” and “Stories not to be Told.”
Directed by newcomers Sonia Escolano, who also penned the script, and Belén López Albert, it is toplined by Luis Bermejo (“Magical Girl”), Adriana Ozores (“Alba”), Mariona Terés (“The Girls at the Back”) and María Romanillos.
Norbert(a) follows Norberto and María, who’ve been married for decades and live what seems like an ordinary life in their working-class neighborhood. But little do people know that every night, to supplement their meager incomes, Norberto dresses up as a woman and carries out petty robberies while Maria waits for him in the getaway car.
But Norberto later confesses...
Directed by newcomers Sonia Escolano, who also penned the script, and Belén López Albert, it is toplined by Luis Bermejo (“Magical Girl”), Adriana Ozores (“Alba”), Mariona Terés (“The Girls at the Back”) and María Romanillos.
Norbert(a) follows Norberto and María, who’ve been married for decades and live what seems like an ordinary life in their working-class neighborhood. But little do people know that every night, to supplement their meager incomes, Norberto dresses up as a woman and carries out petty robberies while Maria waits for him in the getaway car.
But Norberto later confesses...
- 9/22/2023
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Italy’s Lotus Production, producer of 2016 megahit “Perfetti Sconosciuti” (“Perfect Strangers”), has finished its Rome shoot of “Vicini di casa,” the Italian adaptation of Cesc Gay’s Spanish hit comedy “Sentimental” (“The People Upstairs”).
“Vicini di casa” teams Lotus, part of Italy’s Leone Film Group company, with Manuel Tedescos’ Baires Produzioni in association with Mediaset Group’s Medusa Film.
Directed by Paolo Costella, who was also one of the writers behind “Perfect Strangers,” “Vicini di casa” marks the first big remake sale of “The People Upstairs” by Spanish film-tv studio Filmax.
Currently in post-production, the cast of “Vicini di casa” is headed by Claudio Bisio, a well-known comedian and star of some huge Italian blockbusters such as “Benvenuti al Sud” and “Welcome, Mr. President.”
Vittoria Puccini (“18 Presents”), Vinicio Marchioni (“Into the Labyrinth”) and Valentina Lodovini (“Say it Loud!”) finish out the film’s roster of onscreen talent.
Filmax,...
“Vicini di casa” teams Lotus, part of Italy’s Leone Film Group company, with Manuel Tedescos’ Baires Produzioni in association with Mediaset Group’s Medusa Film.
Directed by Paolo Costella, who was also one of the writers behind “Perfect Strangers,” “Vicini di casa” marks the first big remake sale of “The People Upstairs” by Spanish film-tv studio Filmax.
Currently in post-production, the cast of “Vicini di casa” is headed by Claudio Bisio, a well-known comedian and star of some huge Italian blockbusters such as “Benvenuti al Sud” and “Welcome, Mr. President.”
Vittoria Puccini (“18 Presents”), Vinicio Marchioni (“Into the Labyrinth”) and Valentina Lodovini (“Say it Loud!”) finish out the film’s roster of onscreen talent.
Filmax,...
- 10/13/2021
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
Barcelona-based film-tv studio Filmax has acquired international sales rights to Cesc Gay’s new comedy “Stories Not to Be Told,” which is currently shooting.
Filmax will also handle Spanish distribution to the latest outing from Gay, whose 2021 Goya Awards contender “The People Upstairs,” has sold to major territories in Europe and North America.
Written by Gay and regular co-scribe Tomás Aragay “(“In The City,” “Truman”), Gay’s ninth feature is produced by Marta Esteban at Imposible Films and backed by Spanish pubcaster Tve, Movistar Plus and Catalan pubcaster Tvc.
The film takes in five comedic tales that criss-cross at random and focus on the emotions of the main characters, Gay said, adding that the stories are “told with a lot of rhythm and action and characterized by acerbic, yet tongue-in-cheek tone, as the title suggests.”
The short stories are sparked by a chance meeting, the suffering of public humiliation or an absurd decision.
Filmax will also handle Spanish distribution to the latest outing from Gay, whose 2021 Goya Awards contender “The People Upstairs,” has sold to major territories in Europe and North America.
Written by Gay and regular co-scribe Tomás Aragay “(“In The City,” “Truman”), Gay’s ninth feature is produced by Marta Esteban at Imposible Films and backed by Spanish pubcaster Tve, Movistar Plus and Catalan pubcaster Tvc.
The film takes in five comedic tales that criss-cross at random and focus on the emotions of the main characters, Gay said, adding that the stories are “told with a lot of rhythm and action and characterized by acerbic, yet tongue-in-cheek tone, as the title suggests.”
The short stories are sparked by a chance meeting, the suffering of public humiliation or an absurd decision.
- 2/26/2021
- by Emilio Mayorga
- Variety Film + TV
San Sebastian — Having scored a career high with “Truman” and Canneseries-selected “Felix,” director Cesc Gay, one of Spain’s most popular cross-over auteurs, is re-teaming with long-time producer Marta Esteban, as well as distributor Filmax for “Sentimental,” Gay’s first studio stage film.
Gay’s producer of near 20 years standing, Esteban will produce her eighth title will Gay out of her Barcelona-based Imposible Films. Filmax will handle national distribution and international sales, as on “Truman.”
Inspired by Gay’s stage play “Los vecinos de arriba,”which played to large success in both Spain and Argentina, “Sentimental” will star Javier Cámara; Belén Cuesta, praised for her starring role in 2019 San Sebastian hit “The Endless Trench”; Alberto San Juan, a co-star of Gay’s 2013 comedy “A Gun in Each Hand”; and popular Argentine actress Griselda Siciliani.
The new film is backed by Movistar Plus, which has acquired pay TV/Svod rights to Spain,...
Gay’s producer of near 20 years standing, Esteban will produce her eighth title will Gay out of her Barcelona-based Imposible Films. Filmax will handle national distribution and international sales, as on “Truman.”
Inspired by Gay’s stage play “Los vecinos de arriba,”which played to large success in both Spain and Argentina, “Sentimental” will star Javier Cámara; Belén Cuesta, praised for her starring role in 2019 San Sebastian hit “The Endless Trench”; Alberto San Juan, a co-star of Gay’s 2013 comedy “A Gun in Each Hand”; and popular Argentine actress Griselda Siciliani.
The new film is backed by Movistar Plus, which has acquired pay TV/Svod rights to Spain,...
- 9/27/2019
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
NEW YORK -- Domestic buyers kept their eye on the clock at this year's American Film Market, out of which Strand Releasing has acquired North American rights to the Spanish comedy Your Life in 65 Minutes (Tu Vida En 65) and Wolfe Releasing picked up U.S. rights to the German drama Four Minutes (Vier Minuten).
Maria Ripoll's 65 Minutes follows a band of young friends who become entangled in romantic complications after they end up at the wrong funeral. The film, produced by Marta Esteban and Francisco Ramos, had its North American premiere in the AFI Fest's Latin Cinema Series.
Chris Kraus' Four Minutes follows the unlikely friendship between two German prisoners, one a young woman who murdered a man as a teenager and the other a piano teacher kept behind bars since World War II. It had its U.S. premiere in the AFI Fest's World Cinema section. Produced by Meike and Alexandra Kordes, the film also sold to distributors in Brazil, Argentina, Greece, Romania and Bulgaria at the AFM.
Maria Ripoll's 65 Minutes follows a band of young friends who become entangled in romantic complications after they end up at the wrong funeral. The film, produced by Marta Esteban and Francisco Ramos, had its North American premiere in the AFI Fest's Latin Cinema Series.
Chris Kraus' Four Minutes follows the unlikely friendship between two German prisoners, one a young woman who murdered a man as a teenager and the other a piano teacher kept behind bars since World War II. It had its U.S. premiere in the AFI Fest's World Cinema section. Produced by Meike and Alexandra Kordes, the film also sold to distributors in Brazil, Argentina, Greece, Romania and Bulgaria at the AFM.
- 12/7/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
PARIS -- Raoul Ruiz will return to his Chilean roots with Livre a Rendre (A Book of Influence), Elezevir Films, the French co-producers of the 3.2 million ($3.8 million) French-Italian-Spanish-Romanian project, said Friday. The film, which starts in 1932 with a chance encounter between a Chilean pilot and a 10-year-old boy, explores a theme close to writer-director Ruiz's heart. A former political activist, Ruiz fled his native Chile in 1973 to seek exile in Paris. The project unfolds over decades to span the horrors of World War II, in which the pilot participates, to the atrocities of the Pinochet era. It will star Bernard Giraudeau, who played in Ruiz's That Day, Spanish actress Marisa Paredes and French actors Gregoire Colin and Marianne Denicourt. The European co-production, which has received funding from film finance body Eurimages, will be shot in France and Romania starting March 2004. Co-producers include Denis Carot and Marie Masmonteil for Paris-based Elzevir Films; Spanish producer Marta Esteban, who recently set up new production company Impossible Films; Paulo Maria Spina of Italy's Revolver; and Ion Marinescu of Romania's Atlantis Film.
- 11/28/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MADRID -- Bavaria Film International has secured the world sales rights to Cesc Gay's highly anticipated third feature, In the City. In the City recently had been revealed as a competition entry in the 51st San Sebastian International Film Festival, which is scheduled to run Sept. 18-27, and is likely to premiere in the Toronto International Film Festival before then. Produced by Marta Esteban and Gerardo Herrero, for Barcelona-based Spanish production company Messidor Films, which, along with broker New Zeal announced the rights pick-up, the film marks the follow-up to the director's internationally successful Krampack.
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