Sorogoyen directs 'The loved one', new original Movistar Plus+

Movistar Plus+ has announced the first details and the imminent start of filming of 'El ser loved', a feature film that will feature Javier Bardem and Victoria Luengo as protagonists and that will be directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen ('The New Years', 'As Bestas').

The loved one It is an original movie Movistar Plus+ in co-production with Horse Films and El Ser Querido, with the co-production of The Pact in France, which is funded by the ICAA and supported by the Creative Europe Media Programme. The film will be released in theaters, will be distributed by A Contracorriente Films and later it will arrive exclusively to Movistar Plus+. International sales will be carried out by Goodfellas.

In The loved one, an acclaimed film director and his daughter, an unsuccessful actress, shoot a film together after years of estrangement and a difficult past that neither of them has wanted to talk about. Rodrigo Sorogoyen (New years, As Bestas) will direct this project written by himself along with the screenwriter Isabel Pena (Blackout, Anti-disturbances, The Beasts).

Javier Bardem, one of the most famous and awarded actors on the national and international scene, is returning to film in Spain after his award-winning role in The good boss by Fernando León de Aranoa, which earned him, among others, the Goya for Best Actor and the Platino, Forqué and Feroz awards. Bardem He also has four nominations for the Oscars and has once won the coveted statuette for his performance in It's not a country for old people, a film for which he was also awarded a Golden Globe, a Bafta Award and a SAG Award.

For its part, Victoria Luengo He has achieved wide recognition from the public and critics, both in theater, film and television. In cinema, he has participated in titles such as The next room, the latest film by Pedro Almódovar still pending release or Suro, a film for which she won the Gaudí Award for Best Actress and a nomination for Best Actress at the Goya Awards. On television, he has been the protagonist of Anti-disturbances, the multi-award-winning Movistar Plus+ original series directed by Sorogoyen himself, with which she won the Ondas Award for Best Actress, or Red Queen.