Trip to the town in which Terry Gilliam, Villaronga or Schwarzenegger have shot

The ruins of the Old People of Belchite, in Zaragoza, capture the attention of those who wish to deepen one of the most representative scenarios of the drama that was lived during the civil war. But they also stand as the ideal location for numerous shootings. The destruction of its buildings and streets becomes a trip through history that amplifies the scripts of great productions, even for Hollywood, but also to documentary and publicists.

A postwar atmosphere capable of disturbing Stephen King

The labyrinth of the faun has been one of the films that has led to the oldest people of Belchite: to the Oscars very. Even Stephen King, the king of terror, admitted to having worried with this fable of Guillermo del Toro where, in addition, monsters inspired by the paintings of Francisco de Goya appear. From the initial scene, Belchite gives the film the ideal atmosphere for this plot developed in the Spanish postwar period.

The filming in this area was complicated – due to the worst drought in 30 years – but the historical rigor was essential. The more he integrated his story in the story, the more fabulous the story became.

Spiderman: No Way Home

Although the plot of the Spiderman saga is far from the Spanish postwar period, the ruins of Belchite also caught the attention of the producers, who chose this great “real set.” As they explained later, they needed to have a destroyed city where, in addition, it was possible to record with absolute confidentiality. The images were shot by the Malaga Fresco Film producer in the ruins of the churches of San Martín de Tours and San Agustín and on Calle Mayor. After their retouching with special effects, they were used in scenes in which Nick Furia (Samuel L. Jackson), Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) or María Hill (Cobie Smulders) involved.

From Monty Python to Schwarzenegger

Belchite put himself before the focus of the cinematographic sector from the filming of The adventures of Baron Muchausendirected by the British director and former Monty Python Terry Gilliam in 1988, with a young Uma Thurman among the cast. Because of its architectural and historical uniqueness, it has been a recurring scenario in cinema and television. Since the end of the thirties he welcomed war documentaries such as Black wings either Belchite (Andrés Pérez Cubero). Albert Boadella used it in the series What a day (1995) and in his film Good trip, excellence! (2003). More recently, Uncertain glory (Agustí Villaronga) recreated there scenes from the Aragon Front in 1937. Other works shot in its ruins are She is angry (Juanjo Giménez Peña), The oblique look (Jesús Monllao), Foreigners (José Luis López-Linares and Javier Rioyo), Riders in the storm (Pablo Aragüés), The other side (Óscar Parra and Mario Bravo), The Belchite file (Óscar Parra) e Imelda (Kike Maíllo).

But we must also highlight the commitment of this particular postbelic set for advertising filming: just a year ago, Arnold Schwarzenegger He recorded here the announcement of his latest video game.