Karra Elejalde has a favour to ask of God in Holy Goalie
- Nominated for a(nother) Goya for his work in 100 Meters, the Basque actor has just filmed his final scenes for this comedy, directed (his very first full-length feature) by Curro Velázquez
Variously filmed in Ciudad Rodrigo in the province of Salamanca, Madrid, Alcalá de Henares, Pastrana, El Escorial, Gózquez, Viso del Marqués and Rome, Holy Goalie is a comedy written and directed by Curro Velázquez and featuring an actor whose ubiquity, rather like the almighty’s, rivals that of the likes of Luis Tosar, José Coronado and Antonio de la Torre: Karra Elejalde. Ever since Spanish Affair [+see also:
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The cast of Holy Goalie also includes Alain Hernández (Palm Trees in the Snow [+see also:
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The plot revolves around a group of monks whose monastery is on the brink of financial ruin, and who spot a slim sliver of hope in the “Champion Clerum” — a European football tournament in which only those who have taken holy orders may compete. There is, however, one minor obstacle to overcome: not one of them has every played football before, and so the makeshift team is going to need a little divine intervention if they are to win the contest and keep the monastery afloat.
With a budget of 3.5 million euros, Holy Goalie is being produced by Juan Gordon, Morena Films (The Olive Tree [+see also:
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(Translated from Spanish)
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