Malaga Competition Title ‘Nina’ Goes International Via Filmax
variety.comEd Meza @edmezavar Filmax has acquired international rights to Spanish thriller “Nina,” the new feature written and directed by Andrea Jaurrieta (“Ana by Day”) that bows at this week’s Málaga Film Festival as one of its higher profile titles in main competition.
Loosely based on the play of the same name by José Ramón Fernández, which borrows elements of Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull,” “Nina” tells the story of a woman, an actress, who returns to her home town on Spain’s rugged northern coast seeking to take revenge on a celebrated writer.
As she encounters past acquaintances, including a once close childhood friend, and faces dark memories, she begins to question whether vengeance is the only way forward. “Nina” stars Goya-winning actress Patricia López Arnaiz (“Ane is Missing”) as the titular character and San Sebastián Silver Shell winner Darío Grandinetti, famed for his performance in Pedro Almodovar’s “Talk to Her,” as the writer, Pedro (inspired by “The Seagull” character of Boris Trigorin).
Speaking to Variety, Jaurrieta says she identified with the atmosphere of Fernández’s story — returning to the town and the broken dreams of the two lost characters. “I read it when I was trying to make my first film ‘Ana By Day’ and I saw very clearly that there was the germ of my next story.
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