Filming of the feature film “Karmele” begins, directed by Asier Altuna
The filmmaker Asier Altuna (Amama, Wow Etxebeste!…) these days he is shooting his new feature film in Basque, Karmele, produced by Txintxua Films with the participation of EITB. The film will be shot until the end of May in Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa, Navarra and Lapurdi.
Actors Jone Laspiur and Eneko Sagardoy They give life to the couple formed by Karmele Urresti and Txomin Letamendi. They are accompanied by Nagore Aranburu and Javier Barandiaran in the roles of Karmele’s mother and father.
The film tells the story of Karmele (Jone Laspiur), a Basque nurse exiled in France in the late 1930s. There she will meet Txomin (Eneko Sagardoy), a virtuoso trumpet player, with whom she lives a story of love and political commitment between Paris, Caracas and Euskal Herria. Together they form a family and share an absolute complicity until the time comes to choose between loyalty to the family or to the ideas.
Eneko Sagardoy, Jone Laspiur and Asier Altuna
Karmele It is inspired by the novel by Kirmen Uribe Elkarrekin esnatzeko ordua (Susa, 2016), The time to wake up together.
Asier Altuna signs the script and direction, and his team includes Javier Agirre as director of photography, Alazne Ameztoy as sound, Nerea Torrijos as costume manager, Lola López and Itziar Arrieta as makeup and hair chiefs, Laurent Dufreche as editor. , Aitor Etxebarria as music composer and Felix Bergés and Jon Serrano in charge of the special effects. Michel Gaztambide has served as a script consultant.
The film is scheduled to be released in 2025.
Source: Eitb
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