Sales agents are keen to cherrypick Latin American auteur films and pics from other territories, such as 6 Sales’ spy thriller “Jack Strong,” which generated 1.3 million admissions in Poland. Spanish auteur films are now scarcer, but include “Wounded” (Imagina) and “Marseille” (Latido). “Very good horror still travels,” Canales says. Horror/thriller also remains a prominent genre, despite diminishing DVD sales.įilm Factory has created genre label Fear Factory, which includes the thriller “Marshland” by Alberto Rodriguez (“Unit 7”) and “Damned Friday” from Paco Plaza (“Rec”).ĭeAPlaneta is repping social-media thriller “Viral,” while Imagina has the psychological thriller “The Ignorance of Blood,” starring Paz Vega ( pictured).Īgent 6 Sales is selling Mexico’s pioneering 3D shudderfest “Darker Than Night,” signaling a fresh appetite in Spain for Latin American product. Film Factory is repping “Foosball” by Oscar winner Juan Jose Campanella and the $15 million 3D spy parody, “Mortadelo & Filemon: Mission Implausible.” Recent examples include Alejandro Amenabar’s “Regression” (FilmNation), Fernando Leon de Aranoa’s “A Perfect Day” (WestEnd Films) and Juan Antonio Bayona’s “A Monster Calls” (Lionsgate).Įnglish-language titles touted by Spain’s sales agents feature Mumbai-Barcelona pic “Traces of Sandalwood” and road movie “Night in Old Mexico,” starring Robert Duvall (both Imagina), Iran-set “Desert Dancer” (6 Sales), cryogenics drama “Project Lazarus” and sci-fi thriller “Prodigious,” the latter two handled by Dreamcatchers.Īnimation is another international gateway. In recent years, Spain has upped its high-concept English-language productions with several repped by U.S., U.K. “There’s a very clear trend, with distributors and TV stations all looking for big titles - or something original, fresh and different. “To release theatrically you need big films with bankable elements,” says Marina Fuentes of 6 Sales and Dreamcatchers. Nonetheless, sales agents consider the international theatrical market increasingly tough. ![]() Other growing markets include Russia, Eastern Europe and Asia. Latin America is generating increasing revenues for Spanish films. “Spanish producers are now making comedies that work locally and also cross borders,” Bilbao claims. “We’ve been inundated with remake inquiries, but I’m convinced the film can also work abroad because it’s not a typical Spanish comedy - it has universal appeal.”ĭeAPlaneta’s Gorka Bilbao is also enthusiastic, having sold CGI comedy “Millionaire Dog” to Latin America, France, Germany and Italy. In Spain, the film grossed €4.9 million ($5.5 million).“This is a unique phenomenon, like France’s ‘The Intouchables’ or ‘Welcome to the Sticks’,” Canales says. ![]() The film's production budget is estimated at $12.5 million. He spent most of his time dreaming that he's a great hero but is despised by everyone and tries to avoid vengeful foes who he has arrested in the past. Initially presentend as the "Straight-Man" to Mortadelo's "Ditz" in the comics, his portrayal into the movies is different: extremely stupid, arrogant, cowardly, bossy and incompetent, he's also incredibly accident-prone, capable of being injured in comical and painful ways. He has incredible skill in disguising himself as virtually anything ranging from animals to professionals outfits, machinery etc.Like everyone else, he cares very little about his boss and has often prove that he might be actually more competent than Filemon.įilemón: The Boss of Mortadelo. Despite being a bit clumsy, he's rather cunning, resourceful and has invented several gadgets on his own to protect his apartment. Mortadelo: The Subordinate of Filemon and Super. The portrayal of the characters is rather faithful to the comics except for Mortadelo and Filemon: Mortadelo has far more common sense and Filemon is actually quite dumb while in the comics, it was the opposite Meanwhile, Professor Bacterio tries to help the pair of agents with his latest invention: the "reversicine", an injectable that turns people into the exact opposite of what they are or think. Eventually they will be forced to team up to find Jimmy's hideout. ![]() ![]() To make matters worse, dangerous criminal Tronchamulas has escaped jail and plans to exact revenge on Filemón for arresting him in the past. The Superintendent will have no choice than to command the mission of retrieving it to Mortadelo and Filemón. Jimmy el Cachondo and his henchmen have stolen a top secret document from the TIA headquarters that can ridicule them in front of all other spy agencies.
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