Playtime Launches Canneseries Winner Rafael Cobos' Debut Feature, ‘Golpes' (EXCLUSIVE)
'Golpes' stars four-time Goya winner Luis Tosar ('Cell 211').
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It's set in 1982, as Spain gallops towards a bright democratic future thanks to a Pact of Forgetting, decriminalizing human rights violations under Francisco Franco's dictatorship. 'Golpes' turns on Migueli (Jesus Carroza), a hardened ex-con who reunites his old crew for a series of bold heists — not for riches or revenge, but to reclaim the land where his father lies in an unmarked grave, soon to be erased by developers.
With his brother, Sabino (Tosar) — a police officer — closing in and each job spiraling further into violence, Migueli must gamble everything to preserve a piece of history before it's lost forevever.
Migueli is played by Jesús Carroza, a standout in the Cobos scripted 'Prison 77' and 'Survival' episode of series 'Apagón.' Cobos has said that 'Golpes' is 'a subtle fable that attempts to depict a country in the midst of transition – a contradictory, disorientated country unable to settle the score with its past. It's a thriller about blood ties and memory.'
'Playtime likes to have a diversified lineup and this new addition to our slate gives us the opportunity to bring to the market a high quality thriller. We know that buyers in Cannes are not only looking for festival films but also for highly marketable audience pleasers like 'Golpes,'' said Playtime co-CEO Nicolas Brigaud-Robert.
Vaca Films ('Cell 211') produces with Grupo Tranquilo and Playtime Production. A career-long co-scribe on the movies and series of Alberto Rodríguez, Cobos won Spanish Academy screenplay Goyas for 'Marshland' and 'Smoke & Mirrors.'
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