Shot over the final two months of 2020, not only does En otro lugar [+lire aussi :
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With a budget of €2 million, the rural comedy En otro lugar – a title that brings to mind classic westerns such as Two Mules for Sister Sara or the Spanish effort Sidetracked [+lire aussi :
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Principal photography took place over a period of five weeks, beginning on 18 November last year in various locations in Cantabria, and topped off with shoots in London and Madrid. The plot, written by José Luis Feito, tells of how Pedro (played by Muñoz), an unemployed architect staying with his uncle Luis (Puyol), a doctor who is similarly between jobs, hears the news about the passing of his granddad Paco, whom he never met but who was also an architect (albeit a successful one). Paco emigrated to Mexico and has now bequeathed the film’s titular animals to him. And so the two men set off on a journey to the north of Spain with the intention of selling said livestock, but the situations they get themselves into once there will force them to change their plans. This is because they both fall in love with the landscape they discover there, its atmosphere and its new inhabitants. In particular, Pedro will be besotted with Paula (Pimentel), a Mexican student and the granddaughter of his granddad’s best friend, who also set off to seek his fortune in Mexico. Thus, they will all get tangled up in a ludicrous situation caused by Jana (Mamen García), Paco’s ex-girlfriend, who is obsessed with the treasure that – rumour has it – he hid before his demise. During this journey, the movie’s protagonist not only discovers the connection that ties him to his late relative, but also an unexpected paradise that will change him completely and will enable him to give meaning to his life – far, far away from the city.

En otro lugar is an independent production by ATM Producciones.