De la Iglesia presented the film, his first in Chile, at this week's Santiago Film Festival (Sanfic)
\n\nAt the Santiago Film Festival (Sanfic) to talk about his upcoming shoot in Chile, “The Misunderstanding” (“El Malentendido”), Spain’s Alex de la Iglesia (“The Bar,” “30 Coins”) could not have been more effusive. He relates that it was at the festival last year where he met his Chilean producer Pablo Díaz of Rio Estudios (“Hidden Island,” “Berko”) through Sanfic Industria head Gabriela Sandoval. At the same time, he was developing a film in Argentina, where he met his lead, Benjamín Vicuña (“Envious”) who also stars in his upcoming Netflix comedy, “Felicidades.”
\n\n“In a way, Sanfic set everything in motion and made all of this possible. I also spent time scouting locations back then to get a sense of how the film could be made here. And now, we’re shooting next week,” he told Variety of his first time to film in Chile.
\n\nDescribed as an absurdist comedy combining the Marx Brothers’ farcical humor with the existential anguish of a war film, the titular misunderstanding refers to an incident between two fictitious countries, Lithovenia and Stalovakia, which have been on the brink of war…
Original source: https://variety.com/v/tv/