Sorogoyen directs 'El ser loved', a new production together with Movistar Plus+ with Javier Bardem

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, un aclamado director de cine y su hija, una actriz sin éxito, ruedan juntos una película tras años de distanciamiento y un pasado difícil del que ninguno de los dos ha querido hablar. Rodrigo Sorogoyen (Los años nuevos, As Bestas) dirigirá este proyecto escrito por él mismo junto a la guionista Isabel Pena (Blackout, Anti-disturbances, The Beasts).

Javier Bardem, uno de los más célebres y premiados actores del panorama nacional e internacional, vuelve a rodar en España después de su galardonado papel en The good boss de Fernando León de Aranoa, que le valió, entre otros, el Goya a Mejor Actor y los premios Platino, Forqué y Feroz. 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.