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San Sebastian Horror Hit ‘The Wailing’ Warns Against Ignoring Victims: ‘This is Absolutely What Happens These Days’
Director Pedro Martín-Calero and screenwriter Isabel Peña discussed their well-received horror flick 'The Wailing,' world premiering in San Sebastian.
Spain has a long and fruitful tradition of producing horror films that elevate the genre and become enduring classics domestically and abroad – think Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza’s “[Rec],” J.A. Bayona’s “El Orphanage” or Guillermo del Toro’s Oscar nominee “Pan’s Labyrinth.” This year’s San Sebastian Film Festival is debuting a new candidate to join that prestigious list of modern classics, Pedro Martín-Calero ‘s “ The Wailing.” Although the initial plan was to do something simple to touch on the themes the co-writers were pondering, development ended up stretching out to four years before shooting finally started in Madrid.
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