The Barcelona director premieres in cinemas 'Nieva en Benidorm' on December 11
Timothy Spall and Sarita Choudhury star in a romantic drama with touches of a thriller set in Benidorm
Isabel Coixet (San Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, 1960) has a new film.
It is called
Nieva in Benidorm
and in it we witness the encounter between two lonely souls.
They are those of Peter Riordan (
Timothy Spall
) and Alex (
Sarita Choudhury
), a man and a woman of different origins, personalities and characters that coincide in the Alicante town,
famous for its beaches, its skyscrapers and its hectic nightlife
.
All this remains as a backdrop in a plot in which an
atypical love story
intertwines
with a
thriller full of mysterious characters
.
A decision that has allowed the director of
My life without me
,
The Secret Life of Words
or
The Library to
create "a puzzle that each spectator will put together in his head. As a spectator," says Coixet, "
I like it less and less than I do. Give things chewed up.
This story comes from there and I think each viewer will be able to give it their interpretation. I don't want everything to be clear.
I prefer that my films speak for themselves
. "
Timothy Spall is Peter, a Briton lost in Benidorm.
The main characters of
Nieva in Benidorm
are played by
Timothy Spall
(
Secrets and lies
,
Harry Potter
saga
) and
Sarita Choudhury
(
The Hunger Games
saga
,
Homeland
series
).
Two actors to which we must add a large cast of Spanish interpreters whom we hear speak in English such as
Pedro Casablanc, Ana Torrent or Carmen Machi
.
About
Benidorm
, Isabel Coixet has a very clear image of the 'different worlds' that coexist in the town.
"
There are three worlds there:
that of those who are from there; that of bachelorette parties, in which English women predominate, and that of retirees. Although the characters that appear in my film do not belong to any of those worlds. For the record, I
didn't want to be cynical with any of that, because that would be the easy thing.
The more you know things and live the life of Benidorm, you realize that the more affection you can get to take that city. "
Sarita Choudhury and Timothy Spall star in 'Nieva en Benidorm'.
Always attentive to current events,
Coixet
finds herself at a time when she
prefers to avoid controversy and focus on her work
.
Gone are his statements on politics that gave him so many headaches years ago.
"I no longer enter the rag of everything they ask me. Before, I did when they asked me about Catalonia ... But now it tires me. My job is different. I understand that you have to find a headline so that everyone can tweet it to support me or for the opposite.
Reality is such a multifaceted thing, with so many nuances and so debatable ...
".
Without giving up her freedom to express herself, the
recent winner of the National Film Award
admits that many people continue to ask her about previous works on the street.
Some, too insistently.
"The truth is that they
almost always ask me about the same thing
(laughs): about the voice-over of
The Secret Life of Words
, whether or not there will be a second season of
Foodie Love
, about
Elisa and Marcela's
octopus
or about aspects of
My life without me
. I really like that. Above all, because I realize that, in some way, I have been able to continue making films because there are people who have connected with those stories. That is a treasure for me And I consider myself very privileged.
There will be someone who has an Oscar ... but I have that personal connection that some viewers establish with my films.
So I appreciate that there are people who come and ask about something I did. Although, on the other hand Once a pediatrician told me what he would have called a movie that he had made. Perhaps it is that
I have great respect for the work for others
. And, if someone knows about theirs, I do not amend the flat to a professional. But things like that have happened to me a hundred times ... ".
Ana Torrent participates in the film with a small but prominent role.
Due to the strange situation in Spain, the film now hits theaters after suffering a small postponement.
Happy because
Nieva in Benidorm
is seen in movie theaters, Isabel Coixet also notes an interesting reflection: "When a film is designed to be seen in the different handle film as a filmmaker keys that you have when you do something for television.
In In a room you can relax in your armchair and have the feeling of being alone in front of a story
like this. All this helps the outside world not count at that moment. It is a bit like the
delivery
service
. The food will be the same. .. but you don't eat it the same way in the restaurant as you do at home ".
With a degree in History, Isabel Coixet points out that "without being pessimistic,
there is a part of pride in our nature that is amazing
. And we don't want to punish. For example, people repeat the same mistake over and over again throughout their lives. Sometimes, due to a twist of fate, that mistake becomes a success.
In history there are cycles in which a series of charlatans usually appear.
That messianic leader who appeals to the lowest instincts and that we see in that populist wave that it is reproduced in different parts of the planet. All that happened before, only now these nonsense are multiplying through social networks ".
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