23/02/2016 - The director of The Romantic Exiles is in Madrid again finishing his fourth film, which he shot with friends, and which features love, indifference and the passing of time as the main topics

Director Jonás Trueba

After filming the road movie The Romantic Exiles [+see also:
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With Itsaso Arana (seen in The High Pressures [+see also:
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With the unwavering support of Javier Lafuente, of production outfit Los Ilusos Films, who has worked on all of Trueba’s movies, the second part of the shoot (the first part took place in late summer 2015) wrapped a few weeks ago, and they are now working on the film’s post-production. The crew of the film, the broadcasting rights for which have been acquired by TVE, is made up of the filmmaker’s usual collaborators, such as DoP Santiago Racaj, production designer Miguel Ángel Rebollo, wardrobe supervisor Laura Renau, editor Marta Velasco and assistant director Lorena Tudela.

(Translated from Spanish)