Los Angeles:
Spanish actor Antonio Banderas will play Pablo Picasso in Carlos Saura's upcoming film 33 Dias (33 Days).
The $ 7.9 million film will focus on the painter's emotional turmoil while he worked on his masterpiece Guernica, reported Variety online.
33 dias refers to the time Picasso spent on the mural, which captured his reaction to the destruction of Basque town of Guernica in 1937 by the Nazi Luftwaffe during the SpanishCivil War.
"Picasso is a character that has pursued me for a long time and I always rejected. He deserves a lot of respect because I am from Malaga, and I was born four blocks from where he was born," Banderas said.
To be made in French and Spanish, the film will go on floors next summer in Paris and Guernica.
Carlos Saura has teamed up with Spanish producer Elias Querejeta for the film. Saura and Querejeta penned the script alongside French writer Louis-Charles Sirjacq.
In the film, Saura shows how painting Guernica proved near salvation for Picasso at a moment of personal crisis. It also focuses on Picasso's relationship with his lover, French artist Dora Maar
The $ 7.9 million film will focus on the painter's emotional turmoil while he worked on his masterpiece Guernica, reported Variety online.
33 dias refers to the time Picasso spent on the mural, which captured his reaction to the destruction of Basque town of Guernica in 1937 by the Nazi Luftwaffe during the SpanishCivil War.
"Picasso is a character that has pursued me for a long time and I always rejected. He deserves a lot of respect because I am from Malaga, and I was born four blocks from where he was born," Banderas said.
To be made in French and Spanish, the film will go on floors next summer in Paris and Guernica.
Carlos Saura has teamed up with Spanish producer Elias Querejeta for the film. Saura and Querejeta penned the script alongside French writer Louis-Charles Sirjacq.
In the film, Saura shows how painting Guernica proved near salvation for Picasso at a moment of personal crisis. It also focuses on Picasso's relationship with his lover, French artist Dora Maar
