The province of Salamanca, setting for the start of filming for 'El Pastor'
The work will span three weeks and feature a large cast of Salamanca actors among its protagonists
Salamanca, Monterrubio de la Armuña, and other municipalities in La Armuña are among the various locations chosen by the filmmaker
The feature film is supported by the Salamanca City Council through the Salamanca Film Commission, the Salamanca City of Culture and Knowledge Foundation, and the Salamanca Provincial Council
Salamanca, Monterrubio de la Armuña, and other municipalities in La Armuña are among the various locations chosen by the filmmaker
The feature film is supported by the Salamanca City Council through the Salamanca Film Commission, the Salamanca City of Culture and Knowledge Foundation, and the Salamanca Provincial Council
Salamanca-born director Jonathan Cenzual Burley begins filming his third feature film, 'El Pastor,' tomorrow, October 2nd, which will be set in the province of Salamanca.
The work will span three weeks and feature a large cast of Salamanca actors among its protagonists: Miguel Martín (Cell 211) will be the main character and will be accompanied by Alfonso Mendiguchía (Teatro los Absurdos and La Malhablada), Maribel and Maite Iglesias (La Malhablada), and Juan Luis Sara, among others.
Salamanca, Monterrubio de la Armuña, and other municipalities in La Armuña are among the various locations chosen by the filmmaker. The landscape of the Castilian plateau has always been a part of the filmmaker's feature films; his previous works, 'The Soul of Flies' (2011) and 'The Year and the Vineyard' (2013), were also set in the province of Salamanca.
The Salamanca-born filmmaker has a wide international projection, as his films have been distributed in cinemas in the United Kingdom, USA, and South America, in addition to participating in various prestigious festivals such as London, Sao Paulo, Karlovy Vary, Warsaw, Mill Valley, Barcelona, Cleveland, San Louis, and Naples.
For this film, Jonathan Cenzual has already signed a distribution deal for the English market with the company that handled his previous works: Match Box.
The technical and artistic team has been working for three months; during this time, the director has carried out location scouting, team selection, filming formats, and rehearsals with the actors. It is worth noting that the filmmaker, in order to improve the film's photography, has chosen the cinema format (16 mm) for shooting.
The story revolves around a shepherd who lives modestly but peacefully in a house in a village in inner Spain, an environment sufficiently bucolic for him to ignore the offers he receives from a construction company that intends to buy his land to build a housing development and a shopping center. Opposing the shepherd's unwillingness to sell are the land owners' desire for money, who only respond to the logic of their own interests.
The eternal struggle of conflicts that unfolds in a rural and claustrophobic world with a backdrop of skeletal plateaus and dormitory towns where, like a modern western, everything unravels until what at first glance is a simple disagreement over a land sale converges into an inevitable and violent end. A bloody metaphor for the greed of those who, to carry out their plans, do not hesitate to use any method available to them.
The film's financing process, in addition to traditional channels, has been supported by a crowdfunding campaign through social networks.
The feature film is supported by the Salamanca City Council through the Salamanca Film Commission, the Salamanca City of Culture and Knowledge Foundation, and the Salamanca Provincial Council.
The work will span three weeks and feature a large cast of Salamanca actors among its protagonists: Miguel Martín (Cell 211) will be the main character and will be accompanied by Alfonso Mendiguchía (Teatro los Absurdos and La Malhablada), Maribel and Maite Iglesias (La Malhablada), and Juan Luis Sara, among others.
Salamanca, Monterrubio de la Armuña, and other municipalities in La Armuña are among the various locations chosen by the filmmaker. The landscape of the Castilian plateau has always been a part of the filmmaker's feature films; his previous works, 'The Soul of Flies' (2011) and 'The Year and the Vineyard' (2013), were also set in the province of Salamanca.
The Salamanca-born filmmaker has a wide international projection, as his films have been distributed in cinemas in the United Kingdom, USA, and South America, in addition to participating in various prestigious festivals such as London, Sao Paulo, Karlovy Vary, Warsaw, Mill Valley, Barcelona, Cleveland, San Louis, and Naples.
For this film, Jonathan Cenzual has already signed a distribution deal for the English market with the company that handled his previous works: Match Box.
The technical and artistic team has been working for three months; during this time, the director has carried out location scouting, team selection, filming formats, and rehearsals with the actors. It is worth noting that the filmmaker, in order to improve the film's photography, has chosen the cinema format (16 mm) for shooting.
The story revolves around a shepherd who lives modestly but peacefully in a house in a village in inner Spain, an environment sufficiently bucolic for him to ignore the offers he receives from a construction company that intends to buy his land to build a housing development and a shopping center. Opposing the shepherd's unwillingness to sell are the land owners' desire for money, who only respond to the logic of their own interests.
The eternal struggle of conflicts that unfolds in a rural and claustrophobic world with a backdrop of skeletal plateaus and dormitory towns where, like a modern western, everything unravels until what at first glance is a simple disagreement over a land sale converges into an inevitable and violent end. A bloody metaphor for the greed of those who, to carry out their plans, do not hesitate to use any method available to them.
The film's financing process, in addition to traditional channels, has been supported by a crowdfunding campaign through social networks.
The feature film is supported by the Salamanca City Council through the Salamanca Film Commission, the Salamanca City of Culture and Knowledge Foundation, and the Salamanca Provincial Council.