Mario Casas recognized during this Monday Filming ‘Mi soledad tiene alas’, his first film as a screenwriter and director, in Madridone of the main reasons that pushed him to embark on this first behind-the-scenes project, manage his brother Óscar CasasWho is in the lead role?
“I was very clear that the lead actor should be Óscar, I wanted to lead my younger brother.“condemned the artist (A Coruña, 1986) in a decision he described as “almost experimental” and presented to the player the character Mario would “want to be presented at twenty-three or twenty-four years old” (A Coruña, 1986)”.
This is the character of Dan, a young man from Barcelona’s working-class neighborhood who, with his friends Vio (Candela González) and Reno (Farid Bechara), has to move to Madrid, where he will start after robbing a jewelry store. a personal search process in those who, as an artist, will find their most sensitive side hand in hand with their face.
written during quarantine By Casas himself and Deborah FrançoisReferring to some of the icons of quinqui cinema, such as “Quick, quick”, the film brings together a cast of mostly non-professional actors, in the words of Óscar Casas. the viewer will be able to find “the truth, something emotional, pure and real in the love, friendship and search of these children”.
The status of this co-star Candela González makes her debut in this movieThe character admits that her experience with Óscar and Mario has allowed her to “learn to build character day by day, face the emotional ups and downs that come, try to understand, seek resources to help you get closer to the truth”.
Over a year of “casting” and three months of rehearsal allowed the first director to “work emotionally every day, accompany them”: “I know what they’re feeling, their insecurities, their fears, and so I try to support them from there and make them feel as comfortable as possible.” ” said.
Likewise, Mario acknowledged it. He distanced himself from his older brother so that he wouldn’t realize the “fears he experienced for the first time” during filming. Work that Óscar values in a special way.
“Whatever (Mario) wants” was enough for him to say “with his eyes”. “He’s my brother after all, it’s not just an indicator, it’s passing me by,” he said.
After getting Goya as a “serious actor” thanks to Dani, Casas leaves behind the image of a young idol mixed with romantic or comic roles like “Los hombres de Paco” or “Three meters from the sky”. , ‘My big night’ and ‘The witches Zugarramurdi’ for the tormented hero of ‘You will not kill’ and three Feroz awards for the same film and two that he shot with Álex de la Iglesia.