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Alberto Rodríguez gira Modelo 77

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- Cominciano questo mese le riprese del nuovo film del regista di La isla mínima, con un cast guidato dal protagonista di quel film di successo, Javier Gutiérrez, e Miguel Herrán

Alberto Rodríguez gira Modelo 77
L'attore Javier Gutiérrez, il regista Alberto Rodríguez e l'attore Miguel Herrán sul set di Modelo 77 (© Cesc Maymó/Atípica Films/Movistar Plus+)

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Alberto Rodríguez is returning to full-length feature films –after his hard work on The Plague [+leggi anche:
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– with Modelo 77 [+leggi anche:
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. After completing his historical drama series, the Seville film maker, his long-standing partner Rafael Cobos and his ever-faithful production company, Atípica Films, are continuing their creative collaboration with Movistar Plus+ on this new fiction film.

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On Monday 2 August in Barcelona, work began on this ambitious project, with filming expected to last until October, in a range of locations such as Barcelona's Model prison and a range of places in the province of Seville. Miguel Herrán (Winner of the Goya for Best New Actor for Nothing in Return [+leggi anche:
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) and Javier Gutiérrez (Goya for Best Actor for Marshland [+leggi anche:
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, by the same director, and for The Motive [+leggi anche:
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, the lead this year in Below Zero [+leggi anche:
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and The Daughter [+leggi anche:
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) head the case for this film, playing two prisoners.

The film tells the story of a young accountant (Herrán) on remand pending trial for embezzlement and possibly facing 10 to 20 years in prison, a disproportionate sentence for the nature of his crime. However, this is 1977 and inside the Modelo prison it is a case of survival of the fittest. Despite everything working against his acquittal, the young man refuses to dive up and joins a group of prisoners preparing to demand amnesty. If things are changing outside the prison, they must also change inside. This becomes COPEL, the Coordination of Fighting Prisoners.

“In 2006 we heard the story of COPEL: a group of prisoners who found a way to work together, stay united and fight for what they believe in, no matter how utopian. At the height of the Transition in Spain, as a step towards democracy, Spanish prisons found themselves stirred up by a group of inmates calling for amnesty and freedom,” says Alberto Rodríguez. “More than anything else, they were trying to find a way to stick together in hostile, repressive world where social justice or mere basic human rights were conspicuous by their absence. Finally, we have the chance to make this story into a film. I hope we will be able to make as emotional and human a film as the story it narrates.” 

Alberto Rodríguez will be working with his usual team: a list of professionals that includes  Rafael Cobos, his co-writer on the script; Director of Photography Álex Catalán, Art Director Pepe Domínguez del Olmo, costume designer Fernando García, Production Director Manuela OcónDaniel de Zayas (Winner of a Goya for Before the Fall) in charge of direct sound; José M. G. Moyano as editor and Julio de la Rosa, composer of the original soundtrack.

“Prisons are the reflection of a nation. How inmates are treated and what they are in says a lot about what is going on. And what the future holds. In 1977 Spain was going through one of the most important moments of freedom in its history. But the Transition, that idyllic place between darkness and hope, passed by without a thought for what was happening in the prisons. And we had to tell that story,” stresses Cobos.

Modelo 77 is produced by Atípica Films and Movistar Plus+ and will open in Spanish cinemas, distributed by  Buena Vista International. After its cinema release, it will be available to view on Movistar Plus+.

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