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Charlie Chaplin Doc, ‘The Platform’ Sequel and Icíar Bollaín Among Basque Cinema’s Powerhouse Lineup at San Sebastian
Also making the cut, buzz title ‘Marco,’ feminist neo-Western ‘Nina’ and David Pérez Sañudo’s follow-up to ‘Ane is Missing.’
Co-written with Isa Campo, Icíar Bollaín dramatizes the harrowing true story of Nevenka Fernández, the first Spanish politician to successfully sue her boss, Ponferrada mayor Ismael Álvarez, for sexual harassment. Set in the current day and laced by genre drive as both a courtroom drama and psychological thriller, “Querer” begins when Miren, after more than 30 years of marriage and two sons, abandons the family home and goes to a police station with her lawyer to denounce her husband for decades of sexual abuse. A contemporary, feminine homage to the classic western from director Andrea Jaurrieta following up her Goya-nominated debut “Ana by Day.” Patricia López Arnaiz stars as Nina, who returns to her coastal hometown with a shotgun to exact revenge on a celebrated writer.
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