Carmen Maura, the famed Spanish actor and Pedro Almodóvar muse, stars in “Calle Malaga,” the upcoming Spanish-language film directed by Maryam Touzani.
The movie, which is represented internationally by Berlin-based Films Boutique, marks Touzani’s follow- up to “The Blue Caftan” and “Adam,” which both screened in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard and were Morocco’s Oscar entries in 2020 and 2023, respectively. “The Blue Caftan” won a prize at Cannes along with more than 60 awards worldwide and went on to become the highest-grossing Moroccan film internationally.
Films Boutique is pre-selling “Calle Malaga” at the EFM and has unveiled a first still (featured above) of Maura as Maria Angeles, a 74-year-old woman who belongs to the Spanish community of Tangier and enjoys the quietness of her life in the colorful Moroccan costal town. When her daughter decides to sell her home, she is forced out against her will. She sets off to reclaim her home and furniture, which have been sold to a vintage dealer. Through this encounter, she unexpectedly rediscovers the possibility of love and sensuality.
Touzani co-wrote the script with award-winning Moroccan filmmaker Nabil Ayouch, who is also her husband.
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Currently in post-production, “Calle Malaga” will be delivered in time for festivals in the spring or summer. Maura is best-known for her work in two of Almodóvar’s most acclaimed films, “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown” and “Volver.”
The film is produced by Amine Benjelloun at Ali ‘n Prods. in Morocco, Jean-Rémi Ducourtioux at Les Films du Nouveau Monde in France, Simon De Santiago and Fernando Bovaira at Mod Producciones in Spain, Sol Bondy and Fred Burle at One Two Films in Germany and Sebastian Schelenz at Velvet Films in Belgium.
The film was produced by the support of Grand Accord Arte in France/Germany, Eurimages, France’s Aide aux cinémas du Monde, Canal+, Ciné + and French distribution company Ad Vitam, which will release the movie in France.
“Calle Malaga” will be released by Caramel Films in Spain, Pandora in Germany and Cineart in Benelux, who are backing the film. Also supporting the film are Morocco’s National Film Board, Spain’s ICAA, TVE, Moviestar, Belgium’s Fédération Wallonie, tax shelter, Be TV and Germany’s Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg.