Palace of Stylists, “a crazy, colorful and very wholesome comedy”According to the manager, Moises Martin, arrives in Alicante. After its premiere in Madrid last week, in the province where it premiered in Elche, it is now being released in 2017 in collaboration with the Alicante Film Festival. Kinepolis cinemas in AlicanteWhere is it served? This Friday at 19.00.by part of the film crew, including the director and the Alicante actor Alex Peral (When the night doesn’t end) and player Julia Fernandez. An event will be held after the screening. chat with public and the movie will be on display all week long.
Before the premiere in Alicante, the director and actors presented the comedy together with the director of the film festival this Friday Vincent SevaHe described the film as “a comedy that represents life itself.” First feature film featuring a cast of great artists“This is an unusual thing for a debut film, but Moisés pulled it off.”
The Malaga director managed to bring together with eleven tall artists Goya Toledo, Pastora Vega, Carlos Hipólito, Ramiro Blas or Lolita Floresamong others, Palace of Stylists, It tells the story of Juana (Goya Toledo), a woman in her forties who is tired of working as a hairdresser. By chance, he discovers the crime of some of his customers and decides to blackmail them. But he also has other plans; Avoiding trouble at the wedding and blaming the groom. When Juana discovers this conspiracy, she devises a plan with the help of a beautician and a fortune teller. Everything gets complicated when a schizophrenic with a gun license steps in.
What is talked about in hair salons?
Moisés Martín claimed hairdressers in the neighborhood and the kitchen at home with the women of his family “The seed of fiction and my entire cinematographic universe”“places where women organize their lives” when painting or cooking“. From this universe was born this sitcom, “a vaudeville that makes people leave the cinema energy and good vibes because I believe it is essential for art to create prosperity”, although deep down they convey that other messages appeared in the movie as “toxic families”, “Relations between mothers and daughters and the revision of the idea of motherhood”said the director, he ensures that “Family is an inexhaustible source of stories and gossip.”
HE humor and colorful aesthetics Martín drinks from the effects Pedro Almodóvar, Jim Jarmusch, John Watersbut also Douglas Sirk or Billy Wilder, as you stated. “I have nostalgia and wanted to recreate Technicolor and the movies of my childhood.”
About how he persuaded great actors and actresses The man from Malaga, who will appear in his first feature film, stated that although the scenario surprised them, “knowing me, knowing my universe and what I want to tell” made them dedicate themselves to this cause.
An Alicante in the cast
to Alicante Alex Peral Martín discovered him during casting “and from day one I was very clear that I wanted him. Moreover, he knows martial arts, like the character, and there wasn’t much discussion.”
Peral evaluates his role “a gift” embodies a character (Lucas, the boyfriend) who transforms as the film progresses, “A dreamer who must choose between his essence and continue to be who he wants to be, action stuntman, or seek prosperity or stability to marry “He is always faced with the quest to see who he is.”The young actor talked about his character 23 years oldunderlining, “Creative freedom” He said that the director gave him the “most improved” role in the film to play.
The man from Alicante who made his feature film debut with this film When the night doesn’t end The character written by Óscar Montón, which competed at the last Alicante Film Festival, was interpreted as follows: Palace of Stylists It faces “social structures that we are somewhat attached to,” but “no matter where you come from, there is always a place to empathize with the other.”
At the same time, Julia Fernandez, she plays Alba, the hair salon owner’s beautician friend, who is “very impulsive and crazy, tries to help her friend by seducing her boyfriend, and ends up falling in love.” The director emphasized that this was the first movie. A trans actor plays a cis character A cis actress (who identifies with the gender she was born with) plays a trans role, which “is so important to keep repeating, because “All actors must be suitable for all roles.”added the director.