Natalia Oreiro (“The German Doctor”) and Juan Minujín are set to star in “Bypass: Almost Dead” (“Bypass: Casi Muerta”).
Adapting the original Basque film “Bypass,” the first feature of Aitor Mazo and Patxo Tellería which scored 15 nominations at the 2013 Spanish Academy Goya Awards, “Bypass: Almost Dead” is produced by Argentina’s Cinema 7 Films and Non Stop and will be directed by Fernán Mirás. The director’s debut feature, “El Peso de la Ley” (“The Heavy Hand of the Law”), snagged six nominations at Argentina’s 2017 Premios Sur.
A screwball romantic comedy, the original “Bypass” turns on the feckless Aitor, who visits a dying woman friend María who, he learns, has always carried a candle for him. To grant her an almost last wish, he falsely confesses he has always loved her, which sparks her miraculous recovery, leaving Aitor to juggle a new love life and a relationship with a girl-friend...
Adapting the original Basque film “Bypass,” the first feature of Aitor Mazo and Patxo Tellería which scored 15 nominations at the 2013 Spanish Academy Goya Awards, “Bypass: Almost Dead” is produced by Argentina’s Cinema 7 Films and Non Stop and will be directed by Fernán Mirás. The director’s debut feature, “El Peso de la Ley” (“The Heavy Hand of the Law”), snagged six nominations at Argentina’s 2017 Premios Sur.
A screwball romantic comedy, the original “Bypass” turns on the feckless Aitor, who visits a dying woman friend María who, he learns, has always carried a candle for him. To grant her an almost last wish, he falsely confesses he has always loved her, which sparks her miraculous recovery, leaving Aitor to juggle a new love life and a relationship with a girl-friend...
- 12/2/2020
- by Pablo Sandoval
- Variety Film + TV
(In an effort to cover some more film festivals around my region of the UK, I took a trip to the opening week of the 17th Viva! Spanish and Latin American film festival in Manchester. Hopefully the following reviews will get the event and the venue - the Cornerhouse Cinema - some well-deserved attention. It's running until the end of the month, so if you're in the area, consider it recommended.) The Cloud-Painting Machine is a bold, grandiose title, the kind of thing to make people ask 'What's this about, then?' and unfortunately it's something directors Aitor Mazo and Patxo Telleria ultimately can't live up to. Not that they've made a bad film, but for all the slick production values and talented cast it seems...
- 3/13/2011
- Screen Anarchy
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