‘Wild Horse Nine’ executive producer Cristián Donoso and his Invercine partners co-produce the Chilean director's 10th feature alongside Cubho Audiovisual (‘La Mecha’)
\n\nBenjamín Vicuña, best known for his star turn in Netflix hit series “Envious” (Envidiosa”), has joined the cast of Goya-winner Matías Bize’s latest pic, “My Last Stand” (“Aquí me bajo yo”), which began filming Oct. 19.
\n\nVicuña plays alongside 91-year-old Jaime Vadell, a regular in Pablo Larraín’s films, including “The Club,” “Neruda,” “No” and “The Count,” where he played military dictator/vampire Augusto Pinochet.
\n\nThis is the second time for Vicuña to work with Bize (“The Life of Fish”), after his turn in Bize’s 2015 family drama “The Memory of Water,” which premiered at the 72nd Venice Film Festival.
\n\nBased on the successful play by playwright-actress Elena Muñoz, who co-wrote the screenplay with Raimundo Bastidas and Milena Bastidas, “My Last Stand” centers on a despondent grandfather, played by Vadell, whose suicide attempt is thwarted by his granddaughter, Amanda (Milena Bastidas).
\n\nAmanda’s father and the grandfather’s son, Julián (Vicuña), rushes back after having been away for many years in Germany. His arrival triggers a host of unresolved tensions among the three generations while Amanda struggles to restore her grandfather’s will…
Original source: https://variety.com/v/tv/