Cc Gay, Marta Esteban, Filmax Re-Team for 'Sentimental' - Variety

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• CC GAY
• ITALY’S ‘VICI DI CASA,’ THE FIRST BIG REMAKE OF CC GAY H ‘THE PEOPLE UPSTAIRS,’ WRAPS ROME (EXCLUSIVE)
• CC GAY: “ME FASCA TANTO RENTIMIENTO Y CELOS EN LAS RELACN ENTRE HERMANOS”
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• ‘TMAN’ DIRECTOR CC GAY’S ‘STORI NOT TO BE TOLD’ PICKED UP BY FILMAX (EXCLUSIVE)
• CC GAY, MARTA ESTEBAN, FILMAX RE-TEAM FOR ‘SENTIMENTAL’ (EXCLUSIVE)
• LEARN HOW TO PRONOUNCE CC GAY
• IMPACTO CE SECUR LAT AMERI ON CC GAY’S FILMAX-SOLD ‘STORI NOT TO BE TOLD” (EXCLUSIVE)

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Italy’s Lot Productn, producer of 2016 megah “Perfetti Snosciuti” (“Perfect Strangers”), has fished s Rome shoot of “Vici di sa, ” the Italian adaptatn of Cc Gay’s Spanish h edy “Sentimental” (“The People Upstairs”). Filmax, Msa and Bair have already enjoyed a succsful llaboratn wh the remake of “Tman, ” Cc Gay’s prev film.

ITALY’S ‘VICI DI CASA,’ THE FIRST BIG REMAKE OF CC GAY H ‘THE PEOPLE UPSTAIRS,’ WRAPS ROME (EXCLUSIVE)

When we saw ‘Sentimental, ’ a edy skillfully directed by Cc Gay, we immediately fell love wh a story and characters rryg so many elements of our succsful ‘Perfetti Snosciuti.

Cc Gay is currently post-producg his next film, edy “Stori Not to Be Told, ” produced by Marta Esteban at Barcelona’s Impossible Films.

“Tman, ” Spanish filmmaker Cc Gay’s wise, wistful and well-observed film about two iends enjoyg a fal rnn the shadow of impendg ath, is by turns amg and affectg — and que often both at once — as foc on a middle-aged actor’s efforts to put his affairs orr before he fac the fal curta.

CC GAY: “ME FASCA TANTO RENTIMIENTO Y CELOS EN LAS RELACN ENTRE HERMANOS”

But the passg of time rarely mak self felt, for director Gay, workg om a screenplay he -wrote wh Tomas Aragay, giv his dience such personable travelg panns for this seric journey. Cast & crewUser reviewsTriviaOrigal tle: Historias para no ntar20221h 40mFive edic tal criss-cross at random, focg on the emotns of the ma characters and told wh a lot of rhythm and edic tal criss-cross at random, focg on the emotns of the ma characters and told wh a lot of rhythm and edic tal criss-cross at random, focg on the emotns of the ma characters and told wh a lot of rhythm and productn, box office & pany Vios1More like thisReview Movie of five episos around troubled upl and wh a st full of faiar dramatic edy which through five pennt stori which the Catalán Cc Gay elaborat an ironic portra of the abily that people have to manage their emotns, cludg simple dialogu and disncertg cints. A set of them that how tells s director Cc Gay uld be summarized: ¨Everythg that transs between what we are and what we want to believe¨ ntas lorful and evotive cematography Andr Rebés, shot Barcelona (Spa) and mostly done doors.

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The motn picture was profsnally wrten and directed by Cc Gay but wh no origaly. S., Ficción (2006) and ¨Tman¨ at his bt, the latter won several priz such as Cema Wrers Circle Awards, Spa 2016 Wner CEC Award Bt Film, Bt Director Cc Gay, Bt Actor Rirdo Darín, Bt Supportg Actor, Bt Origal Screenplay Cc Gay, Feroz Awards, among others.

Cc Gay regra al teatro. Fotograma 'Sentimental', la película que aba trenar Cc Gay basada en ‘Els veïns dalt’.

Gay vuelve a la edia pero poniendo ahora el fo ntro la tctura faiar: “Me fasca la ntidad rentimiento, envidia, reproch, celos y malentendidos que puen albergar las relacn entre hermanos”, rume. Gay, que se encuentra n dos trenos en plena panmia, señala que “un nflicto entre hermanos siempre tiene mucha gracia y un lugar terante sobre el que cribir, porque un nflicto que viene muy antiguo, nace y se enquista en las personas en la fancia cuando no er nsciente, en mb n los nflictos pareja er adulto y nsciente.

‘TMAN’ DIRECTOR CC GAY’S ‘STORI NOT TO BE TOLD’ PICKED UP BY FILMAX (EXCLUSIVE)

Los protagonistas '53 diumeng' junto al director Cc Gay (en el centro). 53 diumeng, título una novela que aparece en la obra, tá cra, dice Gay, “para que cuando abe piens en lo absurdo las discn, sobre todo en faia. Cc Gay worked on a variety of projects durg his entertament reer.

Cc Gay directed a variety of pennt films at the begng of his Hollywood reer, workg on such tl as the dramatic adaptatn "Ni and Dani" (2000) wh Fernando Ramallo and "Hotel Room" (2003). Most recently, Cc Gay directed "Tman" (2015) wh Rirdo Dar.

CC GAY, MARTA ESTEBAN, FILMAX RE-TEAM FOR ‘SENTIMENTAL’ (EXCLUSIVE)

FICTION, (aka FICCIO), director Cc Gay, on set, 2006. The sense that Cc Gay might make a signifint mark on the offshore art hoe has been the air for a long time, and Tman reprents his bt shot yet.

In the years sce his but 2000 wh Krampack, Gay has quietly been tablishg himself, via such tl as Fictn and A Gun Each Hand, as a key chronicler of the securi of Spa’s Generatn X as anxly grows olr: and Tman, his evably melancholy rerd of four days the shared liv of a dyg man and his visg iend, tackl the biggt secury of all for a generatn that, around now, is startg to bee aware of s own mortaly. It’s Gay’s most emotnally direct work to date, thoroughly sheddg the clever-cleverns of some of his earlier work, and also his most accsible — a clean-led, sensively-wrten and betifully played two-hanr that tackl plex issu a rehgly straightforward, downbeat way.

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(Both actors are repeatg wh Gay om the shorts that prised Gun. For this character-based film, Cc Gay has gathered an array of Spa’s ft character actors.

Director: Cc Gay. Screenwrers: Cc Gay, Tomas Aragay. Barcelona-based film-TV stud Filmax has acquired ternatnal sal rights to Cc Gay’s new edy “Stori Not to Be Told, ” which is currently shootg.

IMPACTO CE SECUR LAT AMERI ON CC GAY’S FILMAX-SOLD ‘STORI NOT TO BE TOLD” (EXCLUSIVE)

Filmax will also handle Spanish distributn to the latt outg om Gay, whose 2021 Goya Awards ntenr “The People Upstairs, ” has sold to major terrori Europe and North Ameri. Wrten by Gay and regular -scribe Tomás Aragay “(“In The Cy, ” “Tman”), Gay’s nth feature is produced by Marta Esteban at Imposible Films and backed by Spanish pubster TVE, Movistar Pl and Catalan pubster TVC. The film tak five edic tal that criss-cross at random and foc on the emotns of the ma characters, Gay said, addg that the stori are “told wh a lot of rhythm and actn and characterized by acerbic, yet tongue--cheek tone, as the tle suggts.

To dare, men have domated Gay’s movi. This time round, women take center stage, though “there’s still nothg which is as much fun to play around wh than men’s pathetic abily to al wh their emotns, ” Gay said.

“One of Cc’s greatt gifts is directg actors and really helpg them to e alive character, while at the same time gettg the dience to empathize wh them, ” said Marta Esteban, Cc Gay’s longtime producer. SAN SEBASTIAN — Havg sred a reer high wh “Tman” and Canneri-selected “Felix, ” director Cc Gay, one of Spa’s most popular cross-over trs, is re-teamg wh long-time producer Marta Esteban, as well as distributor Filmax for “Sentimental, ” Gay’s first stud stage film.

Gay’s producer of near 20 years standg, Esteban will produce her eighth tle will Gay out of her Barcelona-based Imposible Films.

Inspired by Gay’s stage play “Los vecos arriba, ”which played to large succs both Spa and Argenta, “Sentimental” will star Javier Cámara; Belén Cuta, praised for her starrg role 2019 San Sebastian h “The Endls Trench”; Alberto San Juan, a -star of Gay’s 2013 edy “A Gun Each Hand”; and popular Argente actrs Griselda Siciliani (“The Last Elvis, ” “Edundo a Na”). The play and now feature film returns Gay to his favore trampg ground, ntemporary upl’ relatnships, as the uple om upstairs e down and explo social niceti vg their downstairs unterparts to group sex.

“Felix” was Gay’s first premium TV seri;”Los vecos arriba” marks his first stage play. Though the foc is faiar, for Gay “Sentimental” will also many ways break new ground. Schled to go to productn January, and for release om September, “Sentimental” will be shot almost totally on a stud stage — a first for Gay.

Usually Gay’s amg and movement pots up character sentiment or is ed for dramatic emphasis. To mata the edy, Gay, for whom a major pleasure of cema and now theater has been directg actors, has chosen four players known for their edic registers. Argenta’s Impacto Ce (“Lady Di”) has swooped on all Lat Amerin sal rights to Cc Gay’s edy “Stori Not To Be Told” (“Historias Para No Contar”), propellg to the terrory and cementg s regnal footg.