When it was released in January, The Snow Circle chilled the blood of nearly 150 million Netflix subscribers. Moreover, Juan Antonio Bayona’s production, which quickly became the second most viewed Spanish-language film on the platform, aroused the interest of its spectators on this repulsive subject of cannibalism in extreme environments. And for good reason, the film is adapted from a true story.
The survival film returns to the tragedy that occurred in 1972 when a plane, transporting a Uruguayan rugby team, crashed in the Andes mountain range. To survive seventy-two days in this hostile environment, the survivors had to feed on the flesh deceased passengers. “Whatever you’ve seen or read about it, it’s the film most faithful to what we experienced. (…) Thanks to this film, you will understand what we really experienced”survivor Nando Parrado was able to declare in a Netflix interview.
A fantasy in the battlea Netflix production inspired by an already highly anticipated true story
Perhaps on the verge of passing in front of these ultimate survivors, the new film also inspired by real events by Juan Antonio Bayona, in production this time, already promises a few million hours of viewing on the platform at the red N. The name of this political thriller : A fantasy in the battle (A ghost in the battlee in French).
An official press release has just revealed more about a highly anticipated project, but about which we still didn’t know much. A fantasy in the battle will recount the lives and experiences of several members of the anti-terrorist section of the Spanish Guardia Civil in the historical, political and social context of the 1990s and 2000s.
“The story of a woman and an undercover Guardia Civil agent” already ready to captivate Netflix subscribers
The story will focus on the life of Amaia, a young woman in the Civil Guard who spends more than a decade working as an undercover agent within the famous Basque terrorist organization ETA. His mission is to locate the group’s hiding places in the south of France.
The director and screenwriter of the film, Agustín Díaz Yanes, returned to the genesis of this new adventure in an interview with Netflix. “About five years ago, Belén Atienza [productrice de télévision espagnole] asked me to write a story about ETA. A few months later, I gave him a first version of a script that told the story of a woman and an undercover agent of the Guardia Civil”he began.
A “fascinating suspense story” to discover soon on Netflix
Before continuing: “Belén asked me that the story be something more than a thriller and, as the days go by, it becomes more and more clear to me that Un fantasma en la batalla will not just be about events. » With this feature film, the director ofOro, the lost city intends to convey to spectators the feeling of unfinished business of its characters, “their unlived lives. »
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Juan Antonio Bayona
For her part, Belén Atienza was able to praise the talent of a director who built a “fascinating suspense story” in the “best tradition of the European political thriller. » For the moment, no release date has been communicated for this feature film which is still in production.
