‘Suro’ Director Mikel Gurrea on ‘Saints,’ Directing ‘The Belovd’ Star Victoria Luengo, Religious-Art Theft and Finding Mystery in Care
M-Appeal secured Spanish and Italian distribution as the drama prepares for its competition debut, with an Italian theatrical release planned for spring 2027.
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San Sebastián (Spain), Sep 24 (EFE).- Victoria Luengo, Ariadna Gil and Eulàlia Ramón are the pillar on which the Spaniard Mikel Gurrea has built ‘Sants’, his second film, presented this Thursday in the competition for the Golden Concha of the San Sebastián Festival, a unique account of thieves of religious figures who speak [...] La entrada ‘Sants’, a unique story of thieves and precariousness, a competition in San Sebastián was first published …
The director of 'Suro' has presented at the festival his new film, starring Victoria Luengo. A young woman returns to Barcelona to take care of her sick mother and ends up in a band of thieves of religious figures. More information: Jesse Eisenberg seduces in San Sebastián with the tender story of liberation of a woman through the theater
‘Suro’ Director Mikel Gurrea on ‘Saints,’ Directing ‘The Belovd’ Star Victoria Luengo, Religious-Art Theft and Finding Mystery in Care
For director Mikel Gurrea’s latest he didn’t have to travel far in search of a story. “I live in Barcelona’s district of Sants and, having done my previous film in the woods, this time I wanted to find fiction at my doorstep,” Gurrea told Variety of “Saints,” picked up for international by M-Appeal. “So I started interrogating that name, Sants, which means Saints in Catalan.” His curiosity led him to a church, a locked one. “Every time I…
Mikel Gurrea’s ‘Saints’ Lands Distribution Deals Ahead Of San Sebastián Competition Debut — First Look Trailer
EXCLUSIVE: Berlin-based M-Appeal has posted some early sales on Spanish filmmaker Mikel Gurrea’s latest feature, Saints, which debuts this week in competition at the San Sebastián Film Festival. Check out a trailer for the film above. Elastica Films has taken distribution rights in Spain. The company, which this year is also handling Spain’s Cannes breakout […]
The San Sebastian filmmaker's film focuses on the theft of saint figurines and the relationships between mothers and daughters.
The film Sants, by Basque director Mikel Gurrea, competes this Thursday in the Official Section of the contest. In this story, Victoria Luengo interprets Lali, a woman who becomes part of a gang of thieves of religious figures while facing the death of her mother. The protagonist makes a trip to Barcelona by obligation to take care of her parent in her final moments, in a situation from which she would prefer to flee.On the emotional evolution o…
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