A scene from the film 'The King of All the World' (El Rey de Todo El Mundo)
PANAJI
“The King of All the World (El Rey de Todo El Mundo) is acclaimed filmmaker Carlos Saura’s comeback film to the world of fiction after a gap of 12 years. In these 12 years, Saura was making musical documentaries, immersed in the world he loves the most, the world of music,” opined Eusebio Pacha, producer of the opening film, ‘The King of All the World’ while speaking at 52nd IFFI. He was accompanied by assistant producer Mirta Renée.
Expressing their wish to collaborate with India more on these lines, Pacha opined that he feels Indian films stay much too within India and that there is a need to let the world know more about how great these films are. “The need of the hour is to take initiatives for international coproduction of movies. Exchange of artists, cinema and culture can be done easily this way.”
The film, written and directed by Carlos Saura, is the last of the musical trilogy which plays heir to his own movies Carmen (1983) and Tango (1998). “It is his creative obsession with musical documentaries which led to the 12-year-long hiatus from fictional movies,” explains Eusebio Pacha. In the film all kinds of music - be it folklore, traditional or modern - from Mexico and from other parts of Latin America were fused together to make a strong musical confluence.
It is the seventh collaboration between octogenarian film stalwarts of world cinema, Oscar nominee Carlos Saura and Oscar winner cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, whom 51st IFFI honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Assistant producer Mirta Renée asserted that the movie is neither political nor metaphorical. “In a way, it is the story of the history of Latin America and Mexico,” said Mirta.
Expressing their wish to collaborate with India more on these lines, Pacha opined that he feels Indian films stay much too within India and that there is a need to let the world know more about how great these films are. “The need of the hour is to take initiatives for international coproduction of movies. Exchange of artists, cinema and culture can be done easily this way.”
The film, written and directed by Carlos Saura, is the last of the musical trilogy which plays heir to his own movies Carmen (1983) and Tango (1998). “It is his creative obsession with musical documentaries which led to the 12-year-long hiatus from fictional movies,” explains Eusebio Pacha. In the film all kinds of music - be it folklore, traditional or modern - from Mexico and from other parts of Latin America were fused together to make a strong musical confluence.
It is the seventh collaboration between octogenarian film stalwarts of world cinema, Oscar nominee Carlos Saura and Oscar winner cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, whom 51st IFFI honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Assistant producer Mirta Renée asserted that the movie is neither political nor metaphorical. “In a way, it is the story of the history of Latin America and Mexico,” said Mirta.
