Rodriguez, a documentary director making his feature film debut with this film, co-wrote the script together with Romanian writer Cătălin Mitulescu.
Night Falls in India/ Anochece en la India (www.anocheceenlaindia.com) is an international coproduction involving the Spanish companies Jaleo Films (www.jaleofilms.com) and Producciones sin un duro (www.produccionessinunduro.com), the Romanian company Strada Film (www.stradafilm.ro), and the Swedish company ATMO (www.atmo.se).
Spain's Instituto de la Cinematografa y de las Artes Audiovisuales, ICAA (http://www.mcu.es/cine/index), Romania's National Centre for Cinema (www.cncinema.abt.ro), and Sweden's Film i Väst (www.filmivast.se), as well as Eurimages (http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/eurimages/default_en.asp) are backing the project.
Shooting took place in June and July in Romania, before the crew moved to Turkey. Production will wrap October, after filming in India and Spain. The film is a road-movie about a dying Spanish ex-hippie (Juan Diego) and his Romanian housekeeper (Clara Vodă) travelling to the Ganges, where the man wishes to die.
“When somebody asks me about the genre of Night Falls in India, I don’t know quite what to reply. Perhaps it’s an adventure drama with touch of comedy, or a dramatic comedy in the context of an initiation adventure. (…) In any case, what I have tried was to write a shining road-movie full of life that uses journey and death as excuses to tell a story about love and the passing of time, about the importance of the present and the need to recover lost time,” the director has said of the film.
The budget is 1,700,000 EUR and the Romanian contribution is 20%, representatives from Strada Film told FNE. The project received a production grant of 188,000 EUR (783,547 RON) from the National Centre for Cinema (www.cncinema.abt.ro) in April 2011. Alex Catalán is the DOP. The Romanian actors Adrian Titieni, George Albert Costea and Aristiţa Diamandi were cast along the Spanish actor Javier Pereira. The premiere is set for 2013.
Production Information:
Jaleo Films S.L.
C/ San Sebastián, 20
41940 Tomares (Sevilla)
Phone: (+34) 954 31 07 70
Fax: (+34) 954 31 07 71
www.jaleofilms.com
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Producciones sin un duro S.L.
C/ Santiago De Compostela, 82
28035, Madrid, Spain
www.produccionessinunduro.com
twitter: @prodsinunduro
Strada Film
41 Dr. Staicovici Street, Sector 5
055556, Bucharest, Romania
Phone/Fax: 0040-21-411.80.99
www.stradafilm.ro
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ATMO
9 Götgatan
116 46 Stockholm, Sweden
Phone: +46 8 462 26 90
www.atmo.se
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Credits:
Director: Chema Rodriguez
Script: Chema Rodriguez
Cătălin Mitulescu
DOP: Alex Catalán
Cast: Juan Diego
Clara Vodă
Javier Pereira
Adrian Titieni
George Albert Costea
Aristiţa Diamandi
Shooting took place in June and July in Romania, before the crew moved to Turkey. Production will wrap October, after filming in India and Spain. The film is a road-movie about a dying Spanish ex-hippie (Juan Diego) and his Romanian housekeeper (Clara Vodă) travelling to the Ganges, where the man wishes to die.
“When somebody asks me about the genre of Night Falls in India, I don’t know quite what to reply. Perhaps it’s an adventure drama with touch of comedy, or a dramatic comedy in the context of an initiation adventure. (…) In any case, what I have tried was to write a shining road-movie full of life that uses journey and death as excuses to tell a story about love and the passing of time, about the importance of the present and the need to recover lost time,” the director has said of the film.
The budget is 1,700,000 EUR and the Romanian contribution is 20%, representatives from Strada Film told FNE. The project received a production grant of 188,000 EUR (783,547 RON) from the National Centre for Cinema (www.cncinema.abt.ro) in April 2011. Alex Catalán is the DOP. The Romanian actors Adrian Titieni, George Albert Costea and Aristiţa Diamandi were cast along the Spanish actor Javier Pereira. The premiere is set for 2013.
Production Information:
Jaleo Films S.L.
C/ San Sebastián, 20
41940 Tomares (Sevilla)
Phone: (+34) 954 31 07 70
Fax: (+34) 954 31 07 71
www.jaleofilms.com
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Producciones sin un duro S.L.
C/ Santiago De Compostela, 82
28035, Madrid, Spain
www.produccionessinunduro.com
twitter: @prodsinunduro
Strada Film
41 Dr. Staicovici Street, Sector 5
055556, Bucharest, Romania
Phone/Fax: 0040-21-411.80.99
www.stradafilm.ro
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
ATMO
9 Götgatan
116 46 Stockholm, Sweden
Phone: +46 8 462 26 90
www.atmo.se
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Credits:
Director: Chema Rodriguez
Script: Chema Rodriguez
Cătălin Mitulescu
DOP: Alex Catalán
Cast: Juan Diego
Clara Vodă
Javier Pereira
Adrian Titieni
George Albert Costea
Aristiţa Diamandi
