PREMIERE OF THE FEATURE FILM "PETRA DE SAN JOSÉ"

The film has had the collaboration of numerous institutions from Salamanca, such as the Salamanca City Council, which, through the Salamanca Film Commission, provided its own facilities for the shooting and facilitated all the procedures.
Around 300 people participated in the shooting: 51 technical and artistic crew members, 42 actors, another 21 actors in small parts of the shooting, and almost 200 extras.
Tomorrow, Thursday, Salamanca hosts the premiere of the feature film ‘Petra de San José’, directed by Pablo Moreno from Ciudad Rodrigo, in a special screening at Van Dyck cinemas, at 8:00 PM, which the director and the film's cast will attend.

Before the film screening, Josemaría Muñoz, from Goya Producciones, the film's director Pablo Moreno (Stellarum Films), lead actress Marian Arahuetes, and actor Antonio Velasco will speak. After the presentation and viewing, there will be a dialogue with attendees. Additionally, a Photocall will be set up so that attendees can take away a souvenir of these important moments for companies from Salamanca and Castilla y León, which make films in our land.

The feature film is produced by Goya Producciones and the Ciudad Rodrigo production company Stellarum Films.

The film has had the collaboration of numerous institutions from Salamanca, such as the Salamanca City Council, which, through the Salamanca Film Commission, provided its own facilities for the shooting and facilitated all the procedures for outdoor filming, featuring locations such as Plaza de Anaya and Huerto de Calixto y Melibea.
Furthermore, the film received support from both Universities and the Chapter of Salamanca Cathedral, where several sequences were filmed. The Church of La Purísima served as a setting and supported the production.

The film was shot in 2020, partly in September and partly between November and December, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Around 300 people participated in the shooting: 51 technical and artistic crew members, 42 actors, another 21 actors in small parts of the shooting, and almost 200 extras.
In this film project, three pillars made it possible: Goya Producciones, Contracorriente Producciones-Stellarum Films, and the religious community Mothers of the Abandoned of Saint Joseph of the Mountain.

The film's screenplay narrates the life of Ana, who lives her youth in the Abdalajís Valley (Málaga). But her life takes a complete turn, and, together with a group of brave and determined women, she begins charitable work in favor of the most needy, especially abandoned elderly, orphaned children, and people in vulnerable situations. In time, she would go on to found the Congregation of Mothers of the Abandoned and Saint Joseph of the Mountain. 30 years after her death, her remains are stolen in the midst of the Spanish Civil War.