Argentinian actor Marcelo Subiotto has spent much of his life in supporting roles but has been gradually making his presence felt more on the international stage with the likes of 2021’s Dusk Stone, which played at both Venice and San Sebastian Film Festivals. Droll comedy Puan - about hapless philosophy professor Marcelo (played by Subiotto) who finds himself vying for a top job against a former classmate Rafael (Leonardo Sbaraglia) after the unexpected death of his mentor - is likely to further cement that.
The film, which was written by María Alché and Benjamín Naishtat specifically to give Subiotto the lead, saw the actor take home the Silver Shell for performance at this year’s San Sebastian, as well as winning the Silver Shell for best script.
Leonardo Sbaraglia, Marcelo Subiotto and their co-star Mara Bestelli in San Sebastian Photo: Jorge Fuembuena/Courtesy of San Sebastian Film Festival The star describes his character as.
The film, which was written by María Alché and Benjamín Naishtat specifically to give Subiotto the lead, saw the actor take home the Silver Shell for performance at this year’s San Sebastian, as well as winning the Silver Shell for best script.
Leonardo Sbaraglia, Marcelo Subiotto and their co-star Mara Bestelli in San Sebastian Photo: Jorge Fuembuena/Courtesy of San Sebastian Film Festival The star describes his character as.
- 10/15/2023
- by Ámber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Fionn O'Shea, Gabriel Byrne and James Marsh at the press conference Photo: Courtesy of San Sebastian Film Festival/Jorge Fuembuena The life of Samuel Beckett, although very little of the work, is explored in James Marsh’s Dance First, written by Neil Forsyth. The film, which is the closing night selection at San Sebastian Film Festival dips into the Waiting For Godot author’s life from childhood to death, featuring key performances from Gabriel Byrne and Fionn O’Shea as the author, alongside Sandrine Bonnaire and Léonie Lojkine as his wife Suzanne, with support from the likes of Aidan Gillen and Maxine Peake.
Speaking at the press conference in San Sebastian Gabriel Byrne said that “talking to himself” as the writer interrogates a second version of himself of the film was quite tricky.#
“Technically, it was difficult," he explains, “because usually when you're doing drama, you're talking to somebody else...
Speaking at the press conference in San Sebastian Gabriel Byrne said that “talking to himself” as the writer interrogates a second version of himself of the film was quite tricky.#
“Technically, it was difficult," he explains, “because usually when you're doing drama, you're talking to somebody else...
- 9/30/2023
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Christos Nikou at the San Sebastian press conference. He aims to watch three films a day here. 'I love the magic feeling when you are there,' he says Photo: Courtesy of San Sebastian Film Festival/Jorge Fuembuena “Love is the most elusive thing,” says Greek director Christos Nikou, “It’s something that we can’t put in our hand and analyse.” The Apples writer/director is talking about his latest film Fingernails, which imagines a world in which couples are offered a definitive answer as to whether they are made for one another or not. In this case, as the saying goes, love hurts, as to find out the truth, a fingernail must be pulled off each partner and placed in a machine which will reveal all.
He’s speaking at the press conference for the film in San Sebastian, where it had its European premiere after featuring at...
He’s speaking at the press conference for the film in San Sebastian, where it had its European premiere after featuring at...
- 9/24/2023
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Carlota Pereda, director of Piggy, a Magnet release. Photo: Jorge Fuembuena. Photo courtesy of Magnet Releasing.
One of the most talked-about films on the festival circuit this year and now screening as part of San Sebastian, Piggy (aka Cerdita) is, on the one hand, a thriller about a serial killer and, on the other, an absorbing character study focused on a teenager who is faced with a moral crisis. That teenager is Sara, played by Laura Galán. She has been bullied all her life because of her shape, and the stranger who kidnaps two of her classmates is one of the first people ever to show her kindness.
The film first took form as a short (with the same title), back in 2018. At that stage it was simply focused on Sara herself, and consisted of a single sequence which is replicated in the feature. In it, we see Sara visit...
One of the most talked-about films on the festival circuit this year and now screening as part of San Sebastian, Piggy (aka Cerdita) is, on the one hand, a thriller about a serial killer and, on the other, an absorbing character study focused on a teenager who is faced with a moral crisis. That teenager is Sara, played by Laura Galán. She has been bullied all her life because of her shape, and the stranger who kidnaps two of her classmates is one of the first people ever to show her kindness.
The film first took form as a short (with the same title), back in 2018. At that stage it was simply focused on Sara herself, and consisted of a single sequence which is replicated in the feature. In it, we see Sara visit...
- 9/21/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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