My Tender Matador (film)

My Tender Matador (Spanish: Tengo miedo torero) is an upcoming Chilean drama film directed by Rodrigo Sepúlveda with a screenplay written by Pedro Lemebel based on his homonymous novel.

My Tender Matador
Lemebel, mosaic detail
Directed byRodrigo Sepúlveda
Produced byForastero, Zapik Films
Written byPedro Lemebel
StarringAlfredo Castro,Leonardo Ortizgris, Amparo Noguera
Music byPedro Aznar y Manuel García
CinematographySergio Armstrong
CountryChile
LanguageSpanish

Production

For many years, the idea of adapting to the cinema the only novel by the iconic Chilean artist Pedro Lemebel was being handled. Director Rodrigo Sepúlveda and Lemebel himself were strongly involved. There were many reasons that postponed the project, lack of funding, disagreements between parts, copyrights for the cinematographic work, the authorship of the script, etc. There was much speculation about the problems among everyone involved in something that the producer once called his "most ambitious project to date."[1][2] Complications reached a very high point after Lemebel's death in 2015.[3][4]

Finally in 2019 it was announced that after signing a pre-agreement, the filming would begin with director Rodrigo Sepúlveda and a cast headed by the renowned Chilean actor Alfredo Castro (according to Lemebel's own wishes). At the same time it was reported that two famous musicians and songwriters from Argentina and Chile would take care of the music, the incidental music would be in charge of Pedro Aznar and the arrangement and selection of songs (a fundamental part of the entire work) would be handled by Manuel García.[5][6]

Subsequently, Mexican actor Leonardo Ortizgris (Museum ) and Argentina's Julieta Zylberberg (Wild Tales) joined the cast, which is completed by Chilean actors Jaime Vadell (The Club ), Luis Gnecco (Neruda) and Amparo Noguera (Tony Manero).[7][8]

The current producers are considering that the film would have its world premiere in 2020 at the Berlinale .[9]

Plot

Chile, 1986, a few days before Pinochet's attempted assassination.

It's the love story between "the Queen of the Corner" (Castro), an openly gay man in his forties who embroiders tablecloths for military wives, and young Carlos (Ortizgris), a guerrilla member of the Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front.

Cast

References
  1. "Alfredo Castro to Star in 'My Tender Matador' for Forastero (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  2. "La tensa trastienda de los derechos al cine de Tengo Miedo Torero". LaTercera (in Spanish). 6 June 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  3. "A Surreal End for an Unforgettable Queen: Pedro Lemebel, 1952-2015". The NewYorker. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  4. "Por qué "Tengo miedo torero" no puede llegar al cine (aún)". Interferencia (in Spanish). 5 October 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  5. "Filme de Tengo Miedo Torero define su elenco y suma la música de Aznar y García". LaTercera (in Spanish). 17 May 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  6. "This is how Alfredo Castro transformed for the movie adaptation of Pedro Lemebel's "My Tender Matador"". MOR.BO. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  7. "Leonardo Ortizgris va contra Pinochet en nueva cinta". El Sol de Mexico (in Spanish). 17 June 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  8. "Julieta Zylberberg sobre su rol en cinta basada en obra de Lemebel: "Vi el elenco y me volví loca"". Página7 (in Spanish). 25 July 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  9. "Tengo Miedo Torero: Película basada en libro de Pedro Lemebel inicia rodaje en julio y será musicalizada por Aznar y García". ElDesconcierto (in Spanish). 17 May 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
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