''The King of All the World'' ( es, El rey de todo el mundo, links=no) is a 2021 musical drama film directed and written by
Carlos Saura
Carlos Saura Atarés (born 4 January 1932) is a Spanish film director, photographer and writer. Along with Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar, he is considered to be one of Spain’s most renowned filmmakers. He has a long and prolific career th ...
. A Mexico-Spain co-production, the cast is led by
Ana de la Reguera
Anabell Gardoqui de la Reguera (; born 8 April 1977) is a Mexican actress. She has starred in telenovelas, films, the HBO television series '' Eastbound & Down'' and ''Capadocia'', the Amazon television series '' Goliath'', and the 2006 comedy ' ...
,
Manuel García Rulfo
Manuel García-Rulfo Lapuente (born February 25, 1981) known professionally as Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, is a Mexican actor and model. He is best known for roles in films such as ''Cake'' and ''Bless Me, Ultima'', as well as the television program '' ...
,
Damián Alcázar
Damián Alcázar (born January 8, 1953) is a Mexican actor and politician, who is best known outside of Mexico as Lord Sopespian in '' The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian''. He was a deputy in the Constituent Assembly of Mexico City.
Caree ...
,
Enrique Arce
Enrique Javier Arce Temple (born October 8, 1972) is a Spanish television and film actor.
Biography
Arce was born in Valencia, Spain on 8 October 1972. He originally went to university to study law, but during his fourth year, he decided to mo ...
,
Manolo Cardona
Manuel "Manolo" Julián Cardona Molano (born April 25, 1977) is a Colombian actor.
Personal life
Cardona was born in Popayán, Cauca, Colombia on April 25, 1977. At the age of seven, Cardona's family nicknamed him "Manolo," which later becam ...
,
Isaac Hernández
Isaac Eleazar Hernández Fernández (born 30 April 1990) is a Mexican ballet dancer and actor who is a lead principal with the English National Ballet.
Early life
Isaac Hernández was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, one of 11 children of Hector H ...
and Greta Elizondo.
Plot
Manuel—a stage director—invites Sara—a renowned choreographer—to help him with a new musical. They cast Inés—a young dancer—to star in the musical act.
Cast
Production
A Mexico-Spain international co-production, ''The King of All the World'' was produced by Pipa Films and Pacha Inversiones y Producciones Audiovisuales, in collaboration with Canal 44 and COFIEJ and with support from EFICINE and the
Universidad de Guadalajara
The University of Guadalajara ( es, Universidad de Guadalajara) is a public higher education institution in the Mexican city of Guadalajara. The university has several high schools as well as graduate and undergraduate campuses, which are dis ...
.
Vittorio Storaro
Vittorio Storaro, A.S.C., A.I.C. (born 24 June 1940) is an Italian cinematographer widely recognized as one of the best and most influential in cinema history, for his work on numerous classic films including ''The Conformist,'' ''Apocalypse Now ...
worked as director of cinematography.
Eusebio Pacha took over production duties.
Filming took place in
Guadalajara
Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...
, Jalisco, primarily at the Conjunto Santander de Artes Escénicas.
It began on 4 March 2019 and wrapped on 15 April 2019.
Release
The film screened on 4 October 2021 at the 36th
Guadalajara Film Festival
The Guadalajara International Film Festival ( es, Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara) is a week-long film festival held each March in the Mexican city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Guadalajara since 1986.
The presence in Guadalajara of dele ...
(FICG).
It is set to screen at the 66th
Valladolid Film Festival
The Valladolid International Film Festival, popularly known as Seminci (short for ; ), is a film festival held annually in Valladolid, Spain. First held in 1956 as ('Valladolid Religious Film Week'), the Seminci is one of the longest-standing fi ...
(SEMINCI). Distributed by Syldavia Cinema,
it will be theatrically released in Spain on 12 November 2021. It is also selected as opening film at the
52nd International Film Festival of India
The 52nd International Film Festival of India opened on 20 November with ''The King of All the World'' (''El Rey de Todo El Mundo'') by Carlos Saura in Goa. Like 51st edition this edition was also held in hybrid format, that combined online and ...
to be screened on 20 November 2021.
See also
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List of Spanish films of 2021
A list of Spanish-produced and co-produced feature films released in the country in 2021. When applicable, the domestic theatrical release date is favoured.
Films
Box office
The ten highest-grossing Spanish films in 2021, by domestic box ...
References
External links
''The King of All the World''at
ICAA's ''Catálogo de Cinespañol''
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2020s Spanish-language films
2021 films
2020s Spanish films
Films shot in Mexico
2020s dance films
2020s musical drama films
Mexican musical drama films
Spanish musical drama films