Barcelona y Argentina acogen el rodaje de 'El ciudadano ilustre'

The comedy directed by Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat, the directors of ‘The man next door’ is produced by open television, Aleph Cinema, Magma Cine and a Films.

This weekend the filming of comedy has begun in Barcelona The illustrious citizen, a Hispanic-Argentina co-production directed by Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat, the filmmakers of the successful and acclaimed by critics The man next door.

After a few weeks in Barcelona, the shooting team will move to Argentina. In total it will be 7 weeks of filming. The film is produced by open television, Aleph Cinema, Magma Cine and against Films and has the collaboration of Spanish Television.

The main protagonist of the film will be Oscar Martínez, recently seen in one of the stories of Wild stories. They will accompany him in the cast: Andrea Frigerio, Dady Brieva, Belén Chavanne and the Catalan Nora Navas.

And as regards the technical team, the illustrious city has a script by Andrés Duprat (The man next door), Mariano Cohn (The man next door) is the director of photography and the soundtrack will be in charge of Federico Jusid (The secret of his eyes, the unexpected life).

The story of a Nobel

Daniel Mantovani is an Argentine writer who has lived in Europe for more than three decades, consecrated worldwide for having obtained the Nobel Prize for Literature. His novels are characterized by portraying with a mastery and ruthless rawness life in Salas, the small town of Argentina in which he was born and who has not returned since he was a young man with aspirations as a writer.

Among the profuse correspondence he receives daily, a letter from the Municipality of Salas arrives in which they invite him to receive the maximum recognition of the people: the distinction of illustrious citizen. Surprisingly, and despite its important obligations and commitments, Daniel decides to accept the proposal and return to Salas, his hometown.