Javier Rey and Paz Vega toplining The House of Snails - Production / Funding - Spain/Mexico/Peru/USA
The feature debut by Macarena Astorga, now in post-production, is a psychological thriller with a cast rounded off by Pedro Casablanc, Elvira Mínguez, Jesús Carroza and Fernando Tejero. Shot last August (once the state of emergency had been lifted in Spain), The House of Snails, the feature debut by Andalusian director Macarena Astorga, is a psychological thriller starring Javier Rey (seen recently in Secret Origins and El verano que vivimos) and Paz Vega, flanked by young Luna Fulgencio (Father There Is Only One) and a fresh face, Ava Salazar (the lead actress’s daughter). The cast is topped off by Peruvian thesps Carlos Alcántara and Norma Martínez, and Spaniards Pedro Casablanc, Elvira Mínguez, Vicente Vergara, Fernando Tejero and Jesús Carroza. The film, based on the novel of the same name, boasts a screenplay by the book’s author,...
Barcelona-based Filmax has scored international sales rights for upcoming psychological thriller “The House of Snails,” the debut fiction feature of two-time Malaga Film Festival Biznaga de Plata Award-winner Macarena Astorga, shot using the strictest of health and safety protocols just after Spain began to allow post-lockdown production in July.
“The House of Snails” turns on fictional Spanish writer Antonio Prieto, who secludes himself in the mountains outside of Malaga in southern Spain to work on his next book. While there, he falls in lust with local Berta, and meets several other unique characters that find their way onto the pages of his manuscript. After a bit of digging, Antonio realizes the oddities of the rural community are only the façade of a darker mystery, which forces the author to question the lines between reality and fiction.
A trans-Atlantic co-production between Spain, Mexico and Peru, “The House of Snails” features an...
“The House of Snails” turns on fictional Spanish writer Antonio Prieto, who secludes himself in the mountains outside of Malaga in southern Spain to work on his next book. While there, he falls in lust with local Berta, and meets several other unique characters that find their way onto the pages of his manuscript. After a bit of digging, Antonio realizes the oddities of the rural community are only the façade of a darker mystery, which forces the author to question the lines between reality and fiction.
A trans-Atlantic co-production between Spain, Mexico and Peru, “The House of Snails” features an...
- 9/9/2020
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
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