The mayor has confirmed this morning that the director was charmed by the city that had already visited in 2006 for Mandarache Awards and has chosen as the setting for his next film starring famous actors, and foreign
The Mayor, Pilar Barreiro, confirmed this morning that it was an open secret.
Cartagena is one of the scenes of the new popular film director Bilbao, Ã lex of the Church.
The film will begin shooting early next year and as the mayor has said, neither the director nor the actors will go unnoticed.
Barreiro did not disclose the intricacies of the script or the exact locations where they will be shot, but has advanced to the leading actors will be foreigners and celebrities.
As the mayor pointed out, Ã lex of the Church is a director who crosses borders, and this choice of Cartagena allow the city to be present in all cinemas not only in Spain but throughout the world.
The director of such films as The Fellowship or The Day of the Beast, and had advanced the good news that he escribecon elblog for the presentation of his latest film, Ballad sad trumpet.
The Church had written on his last visit to the city, which occurred a few weeks ago and attended all the production team.
The qualities of Cartagena had not gone unnoticed by the director who already knew our city when he went to Mandarache Awards in 2006.
The city of Cartagena has been the scene of other movies such as naval command, or the van, in 2003, directed by Benito Rabal, starring Sancho Gracia and Juan Puigcorb.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena