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‘Saturn Return’ Director Isaki Lacuesta Discusses the Rock ‘n’ Roll Myth of Los Planetas, ’90s Aesthetics, Ambitious Flamenco Project
Isaki Lacuesta returns to Malaga with his highly anticipated rock drama 'Saturn Return,' a fabled account of iconic Spanish group Los Planetas.
“Saturn Returns” screened in competition in Malaga, where Lacuesta and Isa Campo, double San Sebastian Golden Shell winners, won the best director Silver Biznaga for their 2016 mystery drama “ The Next Skin.” The explosive mix of Spanish lyrics that captured common experiences and noisy guitars and distortion that characterized new music from abroad made a huge impact in Spain compared to that of other bands of their generation, “creating strong emotional bonds that have left them indelibly linked to us,” Lacuesta explains. In showcasing the stratospheric acclaim achieved by Los Planetas, Lacuesta and his team appear poised to reach similar stellar exaltation with their cinematic work.
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