''1000 Miles from Christmas'' ( es, A mil kilómetros de la Navidad, links=no) is a 2021 Spanish Christmas

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

film directed by

Álvaro Fernández Armero Álvaro Fernández Armero (born 6 March 1969) is Spanish film director, writer, producer and actor; who is known for '' El columpio'' (1993), ''Vergüenza'' (2017) and '' The Art of Dying'' (2000). Early life Álvaro Fernández Armero was born o ...

which stars Tamar Novas and

Andrea Ros Andrea Ros (born 3 May 1993) is a Spanish film, theater and television actress. Biography She began his career with small roles in television series in Catalonia, and also participated in several plays and short films. Her first big opportun ...

. A Netflix original film, it was released on 24 December 2021.

Plot

A Scrooge-like Christmas-abhoring man, Raúl, is tasked to audit a

Turrón Turrón (), or torrone (), is a southwestern European nougat confection, typically made of honey, sugar, and egg white, with toasted almonds or other nuts, and usually shaped into either a rectangular tablet or a round cake. It is frequently c ...

-making factory in a remote Christmas-loving village, where he also faces the prospect of sharing a roof with Paula, the local teacher, hellbent on staging the largest living

nativity scene In the Christian tradition, a nativity scene (also known as a manger scene, crib, crèche ( or ), or in Italian ''presepio'' or ''presepe'', or Bethlehem) is the special exhibition, particularly during the Christmas season, of art objects rep ...

ever.

Cast

Production

''1000 Miles from Christmas'' was directed by

and written by Francisco Arnal and Daniel Monedero. Produced by Kiko Martínez (Nadie es Perfecto PC), shooting began on 22 December 2020 in

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ...

. Production moved to the

Pyrenees The Pyrenees (; es, Pirineos ; french: Pyrénées ; ca, Pirineu ; eu, Pirinioak ; oc, Pirenèus ; an, Pirineus) is a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. It extends nearly from its union with the Cantabrian Mountains to ...

( province of Lleida and

province of Huesca Huesca ( an, Uesca, ca, Osca), officially Huesca/Uesca, is a province of northeastern Spain, in northern Aragon. The capital is Huesca. Positioned just south of the central Pyrenees, Huesca borders France and the French Departments of Haute-G ...

), shooting in Arties (

Aran Valley Aran (; ; ) (previously officially called in Occitan Val d'Aran, Catalan: ''Vall d'Aran'', Spanish: ''Valle de Arán'') is an administrative entity (formerly considered a comarca) in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain, consisting of the Aran Valley, in are ...

) and Benasque. In February 2021, production resumed in Guadalajara, shooting in the . Footage was also shot in various locations across the Madrid region and the

province of Segovia Segovia () is a province of central/northern Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the province of Burgos in the north, Soria in the northeast, Guadalajara in the east, Madrid in the sou ...

Release

A Netflix original film, ''1000 Miles from Christmas'' was released on 24 December 2021. The movie featured in the Netflix global top 10s for 2 weeks picking up 13.59M hours.

References

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