Traditionally, the opening film of the Zinemaldi is also usually one of the most forgettable, at least in the last decade. ‘The decision’, ‘The least expected love’ or ‘Immersion’ are just a few examples of this more apathetic than desired welcome. Luckily, last year the San Sebastian Festival got its act together and premiered ‘Un Segundo’, the remarkable film by Zhang Yimou. This year, Jose Luis Rebordinos and his team seem willing to continue on the right path with the premiere of ‘Model 77’, the new album by Alberto Rodríguez.
Jail and Transition
Rodríguez has a season ticket for the official section of the festival: this is the fifth time that it participates in the Official Selection after ‘7 virgins’, ‘The minimum island’, ‘The man with a thousand faces’ and the series ‘The plague’. now present a prison film set during the Transitionwhen a group of prisoners fights for their rights and amnesty.
If I wasn’t out of the contest, the cast would smell like Conchaof course: Miguel Herrán, Javier Gutiérrez and Fernando Tejero, three of the most renowned actors in our country, will star in a film that the rest of the country will soon see: yes in Donosti has its first pass on September 16, on the 23rd it will be in theaters. What has been, let’s not fool ourselves, a preview of a lifetime.
The 70th edition of the Zinemaldi will be held from September 16 to 24 and at the moment we know very little about what they are cooking beyond a Donostia award for David Cronenberg and another for Juliette Binoche, who will present their new films. Let’s hope that during the summer they give us good newsbecause the wait is always agonizing.