Antonio Cuadri puts the finishing touches to the movie-mad Operation Golden Shell
- The action-comedy film starring Karra Elejalde and Jordi Mollá is now in post-production and unfolds during the San Sebastián International Film Festival
Andalucian filmmaker Antonio Cuadri (Huelva, 1960) has been very active in the world of television of late: his most recent feature film, Thomas Lives [+see also:
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It stars Basque actor Karra Elejalde and Catalan thesp Jordi Mollá (who is increasingly securing more and more work in other countries around Europe), backed up by Unax Ugalde, Ramón Aguirre, Bárbara Mori, Mara Escalante and Bárbara Goenaga. According to Cuadri, Operation Golden Shell “is a frenetic comedy about con artists, with all of the ingredients you’d expect to find in this genre: despicable swines and naïve people, swindlers and their victims, trickery, betrayals, suspense, love... All set against the backdrop of the world of film.”
The plot, written by Patxo Tellería (Igelak [+see also:
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Operation Golden Shell is a co-production between Abra Prod (Spain) and Spline Producciones (Mexico). Filmax and Barton Films are in charge of distributing the movie in Spain, while the international sales will be handled by Filmax International. The film, which has a budget of €3 million, is benefiting from the involvement of TVE and ETB.
(Translated from Spanish)
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