In the postponecessitate 1980s, Bilbao’s laboring-class suburbs were a microcosm of novelly democratic Spain’s expansiveer socio-economic alteration. Amidst this, Borja Cobeaga‘s upcoming comedy, “Breaking Walls” (“Los Aitas”), heads comedicassociate into the evolution of overweightherhood during this pivotal era. “Breaking Walls” is created by Sayaka Producciones (“Colossal”), in collaboration with Inicia Films (“Glimmers”), Bteam Prods (“Schoolgirls”), and Despadres AIE. It adheres a group of lesser gymnasts, all girls, whose overweighthers are “forced” to chaperone them on a trip to Berlin – a journey that coincides with the historic drop of the Berlin Wall. This road trip becomes a catalyst for these men to uncover and reclarify their roles as parents.
Cobeaga, collaborating with co-authorr Valentina Viso (“Salve Maria”), grounds the film in the political, cultural and economic climate of the time. The uncovering features industrial stills of Bilbao, interspersed with references to the Pact of Ajuria Enea and the directership of José Antonio Ardanza. There’s also VCR as a possible tech on the elevate!
“The subject of the film is alter. The main alter is the alteration of overweightherhood but I leank a overweighther became more reliable for his kids becaengage male unengagement grew in that era. Everyleang is joincessitate. If you disconsider your job, you spfinish more time at home and someone has to support the comprehendn economy. Most of their wives began to labor at that time and overweighthers had to get children to school, help with their homelabor. It’s an era I comprehend becaengage I was the age of the children in the film in 1989.” Cobeaga increates Variety.
Breaking Walls
Credit: David Herranz
The ensemble cast, featuring Quim Gutiérrez, Juan Diego Botto, Mikel Lomiserablea, Iñaki Ardanaz, Laura Weissmahr, and Ramón Barea, transports fact to the film.
“Every overweighther in the film is an actual dad in authentic life. Of course an actor can percreate a overweighther if he has no kids, but I leank they get a more accurate vision of being a overweighther… and a son too.” Cobeaga shelp.
“Breaking Walls” engages comedy as a lens to compriseress its topics be they class, or the parental role of supplyr vs. attfinishr. The honestor watchs humor as a uncomfervents to process disputes, “I’m not confident if the comedy has the power of alter but I leank it’s the way to cope with problems in an straightforward way. Comedy is for me a revenge aobtainst fact.” he elucidateed.
Always draprosperg from personal experiences, Cobeaga’s journey to becoming the storyincreateer was affectd by his mother, who nurtured his passion punctual.
“My mother is my beginant affect. Becaengage she cherishs cinema and built a home where films were all,” he recalled, “I wanted to be a honestor since seven years ageder becaengage my home is a place where we talked about Hawks, Minnelli, Tourneur or Cukor. At the time we didn’t own a VHS, my mother engaged to sign up films on cassette from the TV, so we heared to the movies after watching them.” Her efforts phelp off.
“Spanish Afuninentire,” which he co-wrote, was a huge hit and remains one of the most accomplished Spanish films of all time. As Spanish films and series obtain global traction, Cobeaga accomprehendledges the enbiging opportunities for storyincreateers.
“I leank global streamers has got someleang cinema from Spain and Latin America was trying over decades. We’re so many million people talking the same language and we had to postpone for ‘La Casa De Papel’ to have a global success.” he says, compriseing “The opportunity is there and genres appreciate thriller or horror got that comfervent of worldexpansive prosper. I hope comedy is next. Now a local success is remade in Mexico, Argentina or France with their language or cultural references. I hope novel generations can appreciate distinctive projects, no necessitate to recreate them.”
Success on streaming is one leang but his anticipation for the theatrical free is palpable, “This is my first feature film as honestor that is shown in theatres in 10 years. I made ‘Bomb Sattfinishd’ in 2017 but it went honest to Netflix. I’m very excited about this. Becaengage I made a lot of TV shows, I enhappinessed making them. They were personal projects, but the senseing of an uncovering weekfinish of a film is very distinctive.” He comprises, “I get my kid a lot to the movies. We watch together two-to-three films a month and he always increates me (he’s eight): ‘Dad, movies are better here.’”
Breaking Walls
Credit: David Herranz
