Homing in on one of the key Spanish titles which could move the box office needle, Film Factory Ent. has jumped on worldwide sales rights to multifaceted romantic tragicomedy “Always Winter” (“Siempre es invierno”) the latest movie from David Trueba, a consummate film director and journalist and celebrated novelist hailed by France’s Le Figaro as the “wonder boy of the Iberian cultural scene.” Film Factory has also shared in exclusivity with Variety a first-look still from the film.
More from Variety First presented at September’s San Sebastian, “Always Winter” reunites Film Factory with Trueba, actor David Verdaguer and Ikiru Films, Atresmedia Cine and La Terraza Films, sales agent, co-writer and director, star and producers of 2023’s “Jokes & Cigarettes,” which broke out to an appreciable €891,991 ($972,270) at Spanish theaters. Verdaguer, the lead in “Always Winter,” went on to win the 2024 Spanish Academy best actor Goya for his performance in “Jokes & Cigarettes.” “Always Winter” also toplines Amaia Salamanca, renowned for her performances in “Sin tetas no hay paraíso,” “Grand Hotel” and “Velvet,” and Isabelle Renauld, star of Palme d’Or winner “Eternity and a Day.
” Linking two of Trueba’s life passions, “Always Winter” also marks the first feature which adapts one of Trueba’s written works, “Blitz,” a novella published in 2015. An international breakout, hailed by Liberation as “delicious, origina.