Isabel Coixet shoots 'Un amor', adaptation of the novel by Sara Mesa

Good Average Pint and Perdición Films produce 'Un amor', feature film by Isabel Coixet that adapts the novel by Sara Mesa.

On February 20, filming begins one love, new tape Isabel Coixet (National Cinematography Award) that adapts the novel of the same name by Sara Mesa with a script signed by Coixet herself together with the writer, journalist and screenwriter Laura Ferrero. "How to make yourself understood in a place where everyone lies? This is a film about love and all its synonyms: desperation, discomfort, passion, fear and redemption," says the director about this film, whose recording will take place over the course of five and a half weeks in locations of Rioja as Nalda, Ribafrecha y Villalobar.

one love It is a production of Marisa Fernández Armenteros to Buenapinta Media (producer of the award-winning film at the recent edition of the Goya Awards five little wolves or the Oscar nominee The mole agent); Sandra Hermida and Belén Atienza for Bane Films (Hermida and Atienza have in their filmography some of the most successful titles in Spanish cinema, such as The orphanage o Impossible, and the expected release is pending The snow society”) y Monte Glauco AIE with the participation of RTVE, Movistar Plus+, he ICAA and the Government of La Rioja.

The film will be distributed in Spain by Bteam Pictures, while international sales will be managed by Film Constellation.

Cast and synopsis of One Love

The film stars Laia Costa, winner of the Goya for best actress in the recent edition for Five Little Wolves. It is his second work with Coixet after starring in Foodie Love, a series created and directed by the writer and director for HBO. He will accompany him as a co-star Hovik Keuchkerian, known for his participation in the popular series The Money Heist. The filming of the long-awaited Red Queen and in cinema he has been seen in Rainbow, Assassins’ Creed o Scorpion in love.

Rounding out the cast is Hugo Silva (Top Boy, My Big Night, The Ministry of Time), Luis Bermejo (Magical Girl, Rainbow, While the war lasts), Ingrid García-Jonsson (Beautiful youth, Explodes explodes, Venicephrenia) and Francesco Carril (You have to come to see it, The Virgin of August, The deluded).

This is the synopsis of One Love: "After escaping her overwhelming city life, 30-year-old Nat (Laia Costa) finds refuge in the small town of La Escapa, deep in rural Spain. In a rustic, dilapidated house, accompanied by a wild and uncouth dog, this young woman tries to rebuild her life again. After facing the hostility of her landlord and the distrust of the town's inhabitants, Nat finds herself accepting a disturbing sexual proposal from her neighbor Andreas (Hovik). Keuchkerian). From this strange and confusing encounter arises a devouring and obsessive passion that will consume Nat completely and make her question the type of woman she believes herself to be.