Filming of 'El Talento' (Mediapro, Reposado) begins

Written by Fernando León de Aranoa and Polo Menárguez, also director, 'El Talento' adapts the novel "La Señorita Elsa" by Arthur Schnitzler under the production of Reposado P.C. and The Mediapro Studio.

The Talent tells the story of Elsa (Ester Expósito), a promising cello student who enjoys her friend Idoia's (Mirela Balic) exclusive anniversary party. showcase of high society, when he receives an unexpected call from his mother. This will force Elsa to choose “between her future and her dignity.”

Expósito and Casablanc are accompanied by a young and extensive cast in which names such as Mirela Balic (Elite, Sluts), Juan Pablo Fuentes (Bandits, Brava Island), Carlos Suarez (The Promise, Walkers), Itziar Manero (Itxaso, Better Days), Clara Sans (Thistle, Celeste) or the Uruguayan actor Diego Niski, along with acting veterans such as Rocío Muñoz Cobo (May God forgive us, dressed in blue), Marta Aledo (Vis a vis, 4 stars) and Eva Martín (Lemon bread with poppy seeds, La Promesa), among others.

The film, whose filming takes place entirely in the Basque Country, is produced by Patricia de Muns, Laura Fdez. Espeso, Javier Méndez and Fernando León de Aranoa. Thus the director advances, and on this occasion screenwriter and producer, the keys to the feature film: "This project responds to the desire to promote, as producer and screenwriter, a project by Polo Menárguez; to the conviction that his talent and sensitivity as a narrator make him the ideal person to find the delicate balance of lightness, darkness and sophistication that beats at the heart of this story, in which all the weight falls on the shoulders of a young woman who sees her life transform in seconds, during the course of a party."

own Menarguez has also moved the intrahistory of The Talent: "Writing the script we were in dialogue with Schnitzler: the great themes that his novel deals with are still valid one hundred years later. It seemed as easy as exchanging telegrams for mobile chats. With a strong point of view, almost in real time, The Talent turns a high society party into an incandescent pressure cooker. We rely on an iconic look and a commitment to the visual that engraves images on the viewer's retina. “We have the best cast so that tonight will be the best party, and also the worst nightmare.”

The Talent suppose to Polo Menarguez are third feature film as director. Graduated in Audiovisual Communication from the Carlos III University of Madrid, Polo Menárguez is a film and television director and screenwriter. Your movie The plan, premiered in the official section of Seminci in 2019, received two nominations for the Goya awards. He has directed episodes for television series such as The Farads (Prime Video), HIT (RTVE) and recently The lawyers (RTVE). He is also the creator and director of sound fiction The sphere (Podium Podcast), winner of two Ondas Awards, in 2022, and nominated for four Ondas Awards in 2024.