16/06/2009

Carmen Machi will star in Javier Rebollo’s highly anticipated second feature, La Mujer Sin Piano (“The Woman Without a Piano”), produced by Avalon PC and Lolita Films.

Having kicked off on May 25, shooting will take place in typical Madrid neighbourhoods, including Lavapiés, Las Letras and El Rastro.

After becoming one of the best-known faces on television in the series Aída, Machi completes her transition to the big screen with this film and Pájaros de Papel (“Paper Birds”, Emilio Aragón’s debut work, which finished shooting on May 8 - see news). She also appeared in supporting roles in films such as The Best of Me [+see also:
trailer
film profile] and Broken Embraces [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Pedro Almodóvar
film profile] (she impressed Almodóvar so much that he cast her as the central protagonist in his short La Concejala Antropófaga - see news).

Rebollo’s debut film, What I Know about Lola [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (2006 - see news), was selected in official competition at the San Sebastian Film Festival and won the FIPRESCI Prize in London.

(Translated from Spanish)