Miguel Herrán will shoot in Malaga 'I Come from That Fear', based on the novel by Miguel Ángel Oeste

It promises to be one of the major film shoots this year in Málaga. Filmmaker Violeta Salama is currently finalizing the premiere of her second movie, 'Auri', at the Málaga Festival which starts this Friday, while she is already thinking about her next project: the anticipated adaptation of 'Vengo de ese miedo', based on the novel by Miguel Ángel Oeste. Málaga, and particularly the neighborhood of Pedregalejo, are key settings in the book and will also be central to the filming that will feature one of the most popular actors in our cinema, the also Malagueño Miguel Herrán, leading the cast. Interestingly, it will be his first filming in the capital and he will also shoot very close to the restaurant he opened last year in El Palo, Bella Ciao.

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"We will shoot in September and, finally, I am going to film in Málaga. We fought hard for this," admits director Violeta Salama, who also co-produces this adaptation through her own company, Mocosbi Films, alongside Gerardo Herrero and Tornasol. The filmmaker also co-wrote the screenplay with José Rodríguez ('Asedio' and 'Adiós'), with whom she has rewritten this harsh tale about child abuse that depicts toxic masculinity through the story of a young man dragged along with his brother into a spiral of systematic aggression and humiliation by a father who is charming and charismatic outwardly, but a monster at home.

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"I am going to film in Málaga. We fought hard for it to be so"

Violeta Salama

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Although Miguel Ángel Oeste did not participate in the creation of the adaptation for the big screen, Salama has maintained continuous communication with the writer who has given his approval to the final version of the screenplay. "Having his support gives me confidence," confesses the director of 'Alegría' and 'Auri', who is currently in the midst of scouting locations for filming at the end of next summer. "We have moved the time period from the 70s to the 90s, which has also given us many possibilities because Pedregalejo and El Palo can perfectly set that time," the director from Granada, based in Málaga for decades, advances.

A "political act"

The director of the series 'Detective Touré' and 'Días mejores' is part of that new generation of filmmakers who claim to work from Málaga as a "political act". "Not only because we have excellent connections that allow us to travel for a project and return, but because we want to create industry and produce from here," maintains Violeta Salama, adding that this "claim does not respond to an idea that we are better, but that we have conditions to film and also we can tell our stories with a perspective that goes beyond our borders."

The main cast also includes Daniel Ibáñez ('Segundo premio') and the Malagueña actress Candela González ('Mi soledad tiene alas')

'Vengo de ese miedo', which also has the support of the Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (Ministry of Culture), TVE, and Canal Sur, will have Miguel Herrán leading the cast, who will soon premiere the Netflix series about the boxer Poli Díaz, the Potro de Vallecas. The actor wanted to get involved in Salama's project ever since he read the script, and surprisingly, the actor will not play the son in this story, but will face the challenge of portraying the abusive father.

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A choice that excites Violeta Salama herself who is also delighted with the rest of the main cast which includes Daniel Ibáñez, star of 'Segundo premio' and who will present 'Pioneras' at the Málaga Festival next Sunday, and the Malagueña actress Candela González, who debuted with 'Mi soledad tiene alas'. True to her philosophy, the director has also enlisted other top local professionals on her team, such as the director of photography Pau Esteve Birba (Goya for 'Caníbal') and the production director Montse Ogalla.