14/06/2016 - The two talents join forces in this ambitious mystery film, a co-production between their respective countries, currently being filmed on Lanzarote

Aura Garrido in Cold Skin

Together with one of the most sought-after Spanish actresses, Aura Garrido (Stockholm [+see also:
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The English-language film boasts a screenplay written by Jesús Olmo (28 Weeks Later [+see also:
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Cold Skin’s soundtrack is being composed by a musician who is very much in fashion in Spain at the moment: Lucas Vidal, the winner of two Goya Awards for Palm Trees in the Snow [+see also:
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interview: Isabel Coixet
film profile]. Seasoned art decorator Gil Parrondo (who won an Oscar for Nicholas and Alexandra and Patton) is in charge of the production design, while the art direction is being entrusted to Óscar Sempere, who cut his teeth on big-budget productions such as Exodus: Gods and Kings. Lastly, Barcelona-born Daniel Aranyó will handle the cinematography after proving his worth by creating such tense atmospheres in Regression [+see also:
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(Translated from Spanish)