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Spain’s Latido Films Scoops Up Doc ‘Almudena’ Ahead of Malaga Film Fest Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
Documentary ‘Almudena’ is director Azucena Rodrigues’ ode to one of Spain’s renowned writers who was also a dear friend.
Premiering March 15 in a special screening at the Malaga Film Festival, “Almudena” began as a project about Sara Gómez, a character from Grandes’ novel ‘Los Aires Dificiles,’ according to Rodrigues, whose credits include “Women in Prison,” starring Penelope Cruz. Luis García Montero, her husband, steps into that void, offering a deeply personal reflection on a writer who, like few others, captured the essence of her generation’s collective voices. “Almudena Grandes was a star since her first novel, the bestselling “Las edades de Lulu,” whose adaptation to cinema by Bigas Luna, was not only a huge success, but Javier Bardem’s debut in movies.
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