PREVIEW: It Snows in Benidorm (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner), Sarita Choudhury (Mississippi Masala), Pedro Casablanc (Perdida), Carmen Machi (Broken Embraces), Ana Torrent (The Other Boleyn Girl), Édgar Vittorino (Below Zero)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Isabel Coixet (The Bookshop), director, writer; Agustín Almodóvar (The Skin I Live In), Pedro Almodóvar (Wild Tales) and Esther García (Volver), producers; Alfonso de Vilallonga (My Life Without Me), composer; Jennifer Cox (Elisa & Marcela) and Jean-Claude Larrieu (Julieta), cinematographers; Jordi Azategui (Yesterday Never Ends), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Peter (Spall) is a lonely bank worker in Manchester who is suddenly given an early retirement, and decides to travel to the Spanish resort of Benidorm and visit his brother. However, when Peter finds that his brother has gone missing, he encounters an unexpected new lease of life as he searches for clues to the disappearance…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Timothy Spall teams with Spanish filmmaker Isabel Coixet for a life-affirming drama, which also has the pleasure of being co-produced by none other than Pedro Almodóvar.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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