Juan Miguel del Castillo films 'The Turtle Maneuver'

Áralan Films y A Contracorriente Films produce The turtle maneuver, second film by Juan Miguel del Castillo.

The turtle maneuver is a police thriller with social overtones based on the novel of the same name by Benito Olmo. Belonging to the saga of Inspector Bianquetti, which was a finalist for the III Santa Cruz Prize for the best crime novel published in 2016. The film will be shot during the coming weeks in the city of Cádiz, Jerez de la Frontera, Seville and San Fernando.

Produced by Marta Velasco, Gonzalo Bendala, Adolfo Blanco, Fernando Riera y Manuel Monsoon, the script is signed by himself Juan Miguel of the Castillo along with José Rodriguez (Goodbye, The Plague, Diableros). The turtle maneuver It is a production of Áralan Films, A Contracorriente Films and The Turtle Maneuver, A.I.E., co-produced by Aleph Media (Argentina) with the participation of RTVE, Channel On y Movistar+. It is subsidized by the ICAA and the AAIICC, with financing from Triodos Bank and Crea SGR; and is sponsored by the Provincial Council of Cádiz. Distributed by A Contracorriente Films, international sales are handled by Heartbeat Films.

Cast and plot

Starring by Fred Aden In their first leading role together with Natalia de Molina, they are accompanied in the casting by actors Ignacio Mateos, Mona Martínez, Carlos Manuel Díaz and Gerardo de Pablos.

Juan Miguel del Castillo repeats with actress Natalia de Molina after Roof and Food, which won more than 30 awards, highlighting the 2016 Goya Award for Best Actress for Natalia de Molina and two nominations: Best New Direction and Best Original Song.

This is the synopsis of the work: "Inspector Manuel Bianquetti is forced to accept a transfer to the Cádiz police station. His initial tranquility will be shattered by the discovery of the corpse of a young woman who will remind him of a past that torments him. Despite the opposition of his superiors, Bianquetti will undertake a solitary crusade to catch the culprit, following evidence that could be the fruit of his imagination. His neighbor, a fragile nurse harassed by her ex-partner, seems to be the "the only person who is on your side."