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David Trueba s romanticdrama Bienvenido A Casa will have its world premiere asthe inaugural film atthe upcoming 9th annual Spanish Film Festival ofMalaga March 17-25 .A co-production of Fernando Trueba and Antena 3 Television s Ensueno Films stars up-and-coming actors Pilar Lopez de Ayala and Alejo Sauras as a young couple undergoing a difficult period intheir relationship. Much of the supporting cast, led by Ariadna Gil, Juan Echanove andJorge Sanz, play journalists at a magazine where themale protagonist finds a job. Trueba s last film, Soldiers Of Salamina Soldados De Salamina ,played in Un Certain Regard in Cannes 2003. BienvenidoA Casa literally, Welcome Home is Trueba sfourth film after Soldiers, The Good Life La BuenaVida and Masterpiece Obra Maestra . He has also collaborated on scripts for hisbrother, Oscar-winning director Fernando Trueba,including the English-language Two Much. Also this year at Malaga, newly moved forward tothe March dates, veteran director Fernando Colomowill be the recipient of a retrospective. Scriptwriter Rafael Azcona will take the career achievement Ricardo Francoprize, while singer-actress Ana Belen will receive the Malaga Prize
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Legendary and Universal Pictures offered the latest proof if any were needed on Wednesday of why industry experts believe the territory will become the biggest box office market on the planet by 2017.Chinas day one box office of an estimated $46m RMB 302m delivered the biggest opening day ever for a non-holiday release headi
stanley us ng into a holiday this week in a market that continues to grow at a dizzying pace with dozens of new theatres opening each day. Mainland China currently has around 39,000 screens.The previous China opening
stanley canada day record was $28.3m RMB 185.86m set by Avengers: Age Of Ultron last year.Results were reported based on data at 10pm Beijing time on Tuesday. The result propels the fantasy adventures international running total to approximately $121m heading into this weeks release in North America.The storming launch will also reassure Legendary and Universal top brass, who face what is expected to be a lacklustre North American opening.It is well known in Hollywood that international box office can muster more than the oft-repeated 65% of worldwide grosses and spare executives blushes when a film performs below par in North America.For t
stanley website he right title, China alone can do the heavy lifting. Wanda owns Legendary after paying in the region of $3.5bn for the content creator at the start of the year. Tencent Holdings owns a portion of Warcraft.Midnight screenings accounted for $7.6m RMB 49.78 for the second biggest result behind Universals Furious 7, which genera
