Patricia Ferreira whisks us off to Vietnam
- Filming has now wrapped in Vietnam for the comedy Thi Mai, directed by the Spanish filmmaker and starring Carmen Machi, Dani Rovira, Adriana Ozores and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
The shoot for Patricia Ferreira’s new comedy, Thi Mai [+see also:
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film profile], also released in recent weeks), Luis Bermejo (Magical Girl [+see also:
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interview: Carlos Vermut
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With a screenplay written by Marta Sánchez (a regular on TV shows including 7 Vidas and Aida), the film follows the quest of Carmen (Machi), who, after losing her daughter María in an accident, receives a letter informing her that she has been approved for the adoption of Thi Mai, the young Vietnamese girl of the film’s title. Accompanied by her two best friends, Elvira and Rosa, who have never set foot outside Spain, Marta travels to Asia to meet her new daughter. There, the three women encounter a series of increasingly complicated, exotic and outlandish situations that bring out the most eccentric aspects of each of their personalities. Andrés (Rovira), a Spanish actor who upped sticks to Hanoi to live with his partner, and a local tour guide also have their parts to play in the adventure.
On the technical side, Antonio Frutos (To Steal from a Thief [+see also:
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interview: Icíar Bollaín
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interview: Imanol Uribe
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Thi Mai is being produced by Amor en Vietnam A.I.E., TriPictures, Es Docu (Kahtmandu — A Mirror in the Sky [+see also:
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interview: Alberto Rodríguez
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(Translated from Spanish)
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