And Eight Basque Surnames It was quite a revolution at the box office, and its sequel followed closely… Why not complete it with a trilogy? Since the premiere of the last one, in 2015, there has been a lot of speculation about a third film, and now it’s official: it will be Eight Moroccan Surnames.
The news has been revealed as a real surprise, although it will not follow in the footsteps of its predecessors. The address goes from Emilio Martinez-Lazaro a Alvaro Fernandez Armeroresponsible for titles such as Everything is a lie or the recent If I were rich; in addition to completely changing its cast.
If in the first two tapes we saw Carmen Machi, Karra Elejalde, Dani Rovira y clear lake —among many others, of course—, in this they will be Julian Lopez (Operation Shrimp), Michelle Jenner (Paco’s men), Elena Irureta (the commissioner) y Maria Ramos (El Cid). A first teaser has already been published:
The movie already has an official synopsis. and has even revealed the characters of each cast member: Carmen (Elena Irureta) wants to fulfill the last will of José María, her husband and family patriarch: to recover the ‘Sardinete’, the first fishing boat in her fleet, which is anchored in a Moroccan port. On the trip from Cantabria to Morocco, she will be accompanied by her daughter Begoña (Michelle Jenner) and her ex, Guillermo (Julián López), desperate to win back her love. Between cultural shocks, they will also discover José María’s great secret: Hamida (María Ramos), his other daughter.
It should be noted that it was not conceived as a third film to use, but they adopted it when they saw it finished: “We started it by calling almost family waiting for the final result and the great work in the direction of Álvaro Fernández Armero, a master of comedy, and the interpretation of the new cast have more than confirmed that we are before the heir to the saga. That is why today we can announce that at the end of this year Eight Moroccan Surnameswhich we hope will receive the embrace of the public like its predecessors”, has recounted Ghislain BarroisCEO of Telecinco Cinema.
It is evident that the expectation will be great, especially for belonging to the saga whose two films occupy the first and third position in the ranking of highest grossing films in the history of Spanish cinema. Although it will not be because they are related, since the director has already confirmed that “it is a film about that ignorance that makes us judge and fill ourselves with prejudices before knowing what we are rejecting. Something from which almost none of us are exempt and that It’s usually easier to see in others than in oneself.”
When will it be released?
The film has been shot during 2022 in different locations between Madrid, Cantabria and Morocco; And it already has an official release date. It seems that fans of the saga will not have to wait too long to see how the legacy that Martínez-Lázaro has left with the previous ones continues, It will be released in theaters on December 1, 2023.
