Filming
The actor goes behind the cameras in ‘En los margins’, a thriller in which Luis Tosar also participates
Actor Juan Diego Botto (‘Europeans’, ‘What your eyes hide’) has just started his career as a feature film director with ‘En los margins’, a thriller starring Penélope Cruz (‘Parallel mothers’, ‘Official competition’) and Luis Tosar (‘Adú’, ‘Maixabel’). Penelope Cruz herself is a co-producer of the film. The cast is completed by Aixa Villagrán (‘Crazy about her’, ‘Where two fit’), Adelfa Calvo (‘The minimal island’, ‘Parallel mothers’) Nur Levi (‘Talk’, ‘The substitute’) and Christian Checa.
Juan Diego Botto (Buenos Aires, August 29, 1975), one of the most renowned actors of the moment (a few weeks ago he was awarded the National Theater Prize for ‘Una noche sin luna’), who trained as an actor with his mother, Cristina Rota, one of the greats in theater teaching) had been planning this directorial debut for almost five years, but due to various circumstances – the difficulty of finding funding, the pandemic, being able to square the filming with Penélope Cruz’s free dates, which I was in the project from the first moment – it was delaying the start of filming.
Written by Juan Diego Botto and Olga Rodríguez himself, ‘En los margins’ is a thriller that began filming last week, an intrigue about three characters who try to stay afloat and survive 24 key hours that can change forever the course of their lives. A time trial thriller about personal relationships and affection as the engine to keep going. ‘In the Margins’ addresses 24 crucial hours in the lives of three characters. The story takes place on that decisive day and the protagonists have to face a great challenge that expires after those 24 hours. The viewer is accessing the information little by little, and as a thriller that it is, it takes a while to decode the plot. The countdown to the explosion of the metaphorical ‘bomb’ that will mark the lives of these characters determines the rhythm of the film.
Filming takes place over 6 weeks in various locations in Madrid. ‘En los margins’ is produced by Penélope Cruz with Álvaro Longoria for On The Fringe AIE and Panache Productions. The film has the participation of Prime Video and RTVE and the support of the Madrid City Council.
Vértice Cine will be the national distributor and Bankside Films will carry the international sales. The film will be available on Prime Video after passing through theaters.
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