stay in Alicante A team of about 150 peoplealmost 3,000 nights accommodation and one local spending around 1.8m euros for two and a half weeks of shooting. These are the figures for the first international production in the City of Light after the facilities reopened.
Tape Sharks in ParisDirected by Xavier Gens (Farang, Cold Ski, Hitman), is a Franco-Belgian co-productionplayed Berenice Bejo (History, Artist), And Nassin Lyes (Overdose), with Léa Leviant, Ibrahima Ba, Aksel Üstün and Marvin Dubart among its main players.
At the beginning of May, a cast was called to look for relatives. 1,300 extra It was necessary to shoot these scenes. As one of the scenes was filmed in a water tank, a significant number of these were sought after in triathlon clubs in Alicante. Recreated the start of a triathlon event on the River Seine.
Filming was done in the reservoir and in the sea, on the shores of La Vila JoiosaAlthough the assembly and preparation of the set was extended to a period of 7 weeks, it took a total of two and a half weeks.
Scenes shot in the province of Alicante, beginning and end of the movie. It has a built-in water tank for this. A pier imitating the Seine river in Paris.
Sharks in Paris Collaborated with the Costa Blanca Film Commission, Alicante Film Office and Villajoyosa Film Office and Government Sub-Delegation in Alicante and La Vila Joiosa Port, among other governments. The whole film was shot in Istanbul. Brussels, Paris and Alicante, and its premiere is expected on the platform in the spring of 2024. Netflix.
place During the World Triathlon Championships in the summer of 2024 Sophia (Bérénice Bejo), a famous scientist, receives a piece of news from a young environmental activist who is organizing the Olympic Games in Paris. A huge shark in the depths of the Seine. Faced with such a situation, the hero must turn to Adil (Nassim Lyes), the commander of the river police. prevents blood from reaching the river. .
Administrative production in Spain was handled by the company. PETIts producer, Fernando Victoria de Lecea, also undertook the shooting of the recently released film in Chinchón and Colmenar de Oreja in summer 2021 in Chinchón and Colmenar de Oreja. Asteroid Citydirected by Wes Anderson It was presented at the last Cannes Film Festival
Confidence building
CEO Digital Transformation Projects Community (SPTD), Antonio Rodes, this first shot“This is very important because it was done to the manufacturer’s satisfaction and helped us check the condition of the facilities.”
In this context, as he adds, this experience “Above all, it will mean increased confidence in the industry as a whole in terms of the setup and availability of studios to shoot new productions.”
Likewise, Rodes argued: “There are quite a few very important productions underway, and indeed some of them would have come to fruition had it not been for the writers’ strike in the United States as a whole. So we can be very optimistic and we already have the first international production company to produce an excellent report on the work of Ciudad de la Luz.“.
About the City of Light
Generalitat Valenciana regained full control of the complex City of Light from Alicante in July 2022, for the reopening and commercialization of movie studios. This area has been inactive for audiovisual activity for the last 10 years after it was approved by the European Union.
The Ciudad de la Luz industrial complex has unique features, both because of its facilities and its privileged location. It has an area of 300 hectares and advanced audio-visual production services with all the tools and facilities necessary for the development of sets as well as cinematographic and audio-visual productions at all stages.
These studios are recognized as one of the best in Europe and the world, both because of their facilities and their privileged location. Among other facilities and services, the 6 sets have three production support buildings, workshops and warehouses, outdoor filming areas and a water tank for underwater filming. For all these reasons, Generalitat is working to make this complex the center of Europe’s largest audio-visual production centre.