The film, that has been shot in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Madrid and Paris, has been produced by ISII Group banner label Inefable Productions.

The principal photography of ‘Amor de Dios’, the fiction debut of the prestigious filmmaker Paula Palacios (‘Cartas mojadas’, ‘My brother Ali’), has recently finished. Headlined by Goya Award winner Belén Rueda alongside with twice Goya Awards nominated Asier Etxeandia (‘Pain and Glory’, ‘The Bride’), this drama based in a Carlos Saura’s original concept has been shot in locations at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Madrid and Paris.  French dancer Soleïla, Spanish Ballet Nacional first leading figure Irene Tena and the magnetic actress Tania Santana (‘Love in a tightrope’, ‘Upiro’), that is involved in several of the most awaited titles of the season, round out the cast.

According to the filmmaker, “the idea comes from an own passion. I’ve studied Spanish dance, flamenco and contemporary dance. Talking about this passion with a friend, he told me that Carlos Saura had written an script as a tribute to dance academy ‘Amor de Dios’ whose film he did not finally shoot. That’s how the adventure began. At the beginning, it was ment to be an script based in the maestro’s, but thanks to the Spanish Cinema Academy Residences program, I could set a distance from the original plot and work in mine, feeding the story with my memories, when I was learning to dance and also living in Paris for several years bringing that way that story to the present time”.

Executive producer Lydia Palencia adds regarding the main cast of the film that “to have leading figures of the national cinema scene has been a real luxury. The way they have approached their characters and do them their own letting them grow has convinced us that no one else would have perform Sara and Felipe so precisely. The chemistry between them both has been amazing and they have brought incredible realism to our protagonists”.

The film reads in a refreshing way Spanish folk combining Spanish flamenco, contemporary ballet and visual arts. The project has been selected at the Spanish Cinema Academy Residences program.

SYNOPSIS:

When flamenco school Amor de Dios, once rated the world’s best, announces its closure, Sara Lanes, a renowned dancer and choreographer now living in Paris returns to Madrid with disciple Ángela hoping to save the place where her own career began. At the School, Sara reencounters a past she has never been able to leave behind. That and her own physical decline turns her return into a profoundly personal journey where she must decide what she is willing to sacrifice to preserve her legacy,

Paula Palacios (Madrid, 1983) has earned a reputation as a documentary filmmaker interested in social issues, most of all related to immigration. His film ‘Cartas mojadas’ won the Biznaga de Plata Audience Award at Málaga Film Festival.  Afterwards, ‘My bother Ali’ s première took place at Seminci Film Festival. Both films were nominated to Best Documentary Goya Award. Besides, she has received IDA Netflix 2022 Global Emerging Filmmaker Award granted by the International Documentary Association based in Los Ángeles.

THE TEAM:

Headed by ISII Group president Silvia Carvalho, Inefable Productions has developed this project with the support of SIA Production Systems with the executive production by Lydia Palencia. The script has been written by the filmmaker herself alongside with Antonio Rojano y Laura Reviejo. The other departments have been led by Beatriz Sastre as director of photography, Pepe Reyes as costume designer, Marcelo Pacho as production designer, Paco Frías as hair stylist, Montse Boqueras as make-up artist and Antonio Rodríguez ‘Marmol’ as sound designer. Victoria Lammers will be responsible for editing.