in hand He’s getting ready to celebrate a movie party. next thursday 200 party goers dressed in nine costumes communities will overflow to the streets of the historic center one week before the start of the festivities Moors and Christians. Will be paradesshoots harquebusry, tapes and public and barracks will open its doors Ortega y Gasset, Jardines and Nueva streets It was closed to traffic between 08:00 and 23:00.
The reason is due to the shooting of a series of movies. Disney+ platform based on “Long Shadows”A thriller novel by Elda writer Elia Barceló, in which a group of friends meet in the city to investigate the death of one of them under strange circumstances at his popular urban home. San Francisco de Sales neighborhood.
The director is Clara Roquet, who won Goya for Best New Director in 2021.and the following are among the leading actors of the cast, who will be performing different stages in Elda next Thursday: Irene Escolar, Marta Etura, Elena Anaya and Belén Cuesta.
The series consists of eight episodes and has already started recording in a drama. Madrid studio, Which Police station of the Elda-Petrer National Corps and a festive barracks with all the characteristic decorative elements of the celebration.
Six months ago the production company asked Community Central Board provisionally giving him 40 costumes from nine Moorish and Christian comparisons for the extras’ costumes. presiding entity Peter Serranoas well as advising the management team, 200 volunteers They will take part in the shooting next Thursday as extras between 7:30 and 18:00.
In any case, recording technicians will be present at the parties. From 1 to 5 June to save source images. All of this is done with the goal of recreating Elda’s Moors and Christians in the most credible way possible for the series as collected in the thriller and detective novel. Elia Barcelona.
Despite its grandeur, involvement, cultural value, and history, Moors and Christians first made the leap to the seventh art and have done so ever since. in hand.