Madrid-based sales company Latido Films has acquired international rights to “García y García,” a “Trading Places”-style comedy that was the closing film at this year’s Malaga Film Festival.
The announcement was made on Wednesday midway through this year’s American Film Market. The feature is the latest from Spain’s Ana Murugarren, whose “The Bastards’ Fig Tree” was selected for 2018 Austin’s Fantastic Fest.
In a distinct change of register for the helmer, in “Garcia y Garcia” two men, one an out-of-work aircraft mechanic suffering a bout of depression, the other, an international airlines consultant, are hired by a low-cost airline Hispavia to reset its fortunes.
But they’re both called Javier García – a common name in Spain – and their identities confused at the airport, leaving the mechanic to devise the airline’s turnaround strategy and the consultant – who doesn’t even know how to fix a flat – to repair an airplane,...
The announcement was made on Wednesday midway through this year’s American Film Market. The feature is the latest from Spain’s Ana Murugarren, whose “The Bastards’ Fig Tree” was selected for 2018 Austin’s Fantastic Fest.
In a distinct change of register for the helmer, in “Garcia y Garcia” two men, one an out-of-work aircraft mechanic suffering a bout of depression, the other, an international airlines consultant, are hired by a low-cost airline Hispavia to reset its fortunes.
But they’re both called Javier García – a common name in Spain – and their identities confused at the airport, leaving the mechanic to devise the airline’s turnaround strategy and the consultant – who doesn’t even know how to fix a flat – to repair an airplane,...
- 11/3/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Feature comedies “El Cover,” the directorial debut of actor Secun de la Rosa, and Ana Murugarren’s “García y García,” will respectively open and close Spain’s 24th Malaga Film Festival, the country’s biggest event dedicated exclusively to films and TV in Spain and Latin America.
Running June 3-13, the festival focus will fall on its usefulness for the region’s film and TV industries, prioritizing cinema exhibition over social events.
The main competition, a faithful reflection of the most recent cinema produced both in Spain and Latin America, combines highly experienced filmmakers with up-and-coming talents. In total, it will highlight 23 features, 15 Spanish and eight Latin American.
Sold by Latido Films, Benidorm-set musical comedy “El Cover” is produced by Kiko Martínez at Madrid’s Nadie Es Perfecto (“Perfectos desconocidos”) in collaboration with Amazon Prime Video and Gts Entertainment.
Toplining Spanish comedians Pepe Viyuela and José Mota (“Padre no hay...
Running June 3-13, the festival focus will fall on its usefulness for the region’s film and TV industries, prioritizing cinema exhibition over social events.
The main competition, a faithful reflection of the most recent cinema produced both in Spain and Latin America, combines highly experienced filmmakers with up-and-coming talents. In total, it will highlight 23 features, 15 Spanish and eight Latin American.
Sold by Latido Films, Benidorm-set musical comedy “El Cover” is produced by Kiko Martínez at Madrid’s Nadie Es Perfecto (“Perfectos desconocidos”) in collaboration with Amazon Prime Video and Gts Entertainment.
Toplining Spanish comedians Pepe Viyuela and José Mota (“Padre no hay...
- 6/2/2021
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
Mortadelo y Filemón or Mortadelo and Filemón as it's called in English is a comic book from the mind of Francisco Ibañez. Known for it's slapstick style humor it has become on of the most popular comic series in Spain. In 2003 a filmed was released based on the popular comic series. The movie was called La gran aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón or The Big Adventure of Mortadelo and Filemón directed by Javier Fesser. The movie starred Benito Pocino and Pepe Viyuela as the title characters. Plot "The adventure when a spy breaks into Professor Bacterio's lab and steals some of his inventions from T.I.A. HQ (Técnicos de Investigación Aeroterráquea). Mortadelo and Filemón who work for T.I.A. are put on the case but Fredy, another agent, decides to beat them to it. One of the inventions is a weather control machine which the spy decides to...
- 2/20/2012
- ComicBookMovie.com
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