[Author]by the El Reportero’s news services[/Author]
Spanish actor, screenwriter and director Hugo Stuven Casasnovas says he is fulfilling one of his dreams by directing a feature film, a crime thriller titled “Anomalous” that is due to premiere in 2015.
It is “a dream come true,” the filmmaker told Efe in Barcelona during a break in filming the picture, whose cast includes Lluis Homar, who appeared in the Pedro Almodovar films “La mala education” (Bad Education) and “Los abrazos roots” (Broken Embraces).
The 35-year-old son of a Chilean television producer, Stuven said he first appeared in a film as the Baby Jesus in the program “Aplauso.”
He said that as a teenager he realized that he enjoyed directing more than acting and has since won prizes for the short films “El sotano,” “Hilo de melancolia,” “Stand By,” “Te mato” and “Tio Jess,” a film that he co-directed with Victor Matellano and which was nominated for a Goya Award, Spain’s equivalent of the Oscar.
“Anomalous” is an English-language film with a 3.5-million-euro ($4.6-million) budget that is being filmed in Barcelona and New York and features different narrative styles.
It tells the story of a young schizophrenic who is found dead in his bathtub under strange circumstances.
A young female police officer tries to solve the case by analyzing the videos that the troubled patient recorded of himself at his psychiatrist’s recommendation.
Stuven, meanwhile, already has his sights set on another project, a science fiction thriller that he plans to begin shooting next year.
Shawl Famously Worn by Frida Kahlo on Display in London
The traditional Mexican rebozo, or shawl, that late Mexican painter Frida Kahlo used to wear is the focus of the “Made in Mexico” exhibit that opened June 6 and will run until Aug. 30 at the Fashion and Textile Museum in the British capital.
The exhibit explores the role that fashion has played in promoting Mexican culture worldwide from the 17th century to the present and highlights the rebozo as a symbol of Mexican identity.
The origins of this item of clothing – which come in a variety of designs and colors – date to the colonial era, when Mexican artisans were influenced by high-quality embroidered shawls and mantillas from Spain.
It is unclear when the first rebozos were woven, although the first references to this long, flat garment appear in the literature of the 16th century.
They were made famous by Kahlo (1907-1954), several of whose self-portraits show her wearing that traditional shawl.
“Made in Mexico” includes major loans from the Franz Mayer Museum in Mexico City, the Museum of Textiles in Oaxaca, Mexico, the British Museum and rebozos from private collections that have never before been shown publicly, the museum says on its Web site.
It also features work by contemporary Mexican and British artists, photographers, fashion and textile designers – including Francisco Toledo, Graciela Iturbide, Carla Fernandez, Zandra Rhodes and Kaffe Fassett – that was inspired by the rebozo and Mexican textiles.
The exhibit will come to Mexico in the spring of 2015 as part of the events to commemorate the “Year of the UK in Mexico.”
