TOMANDOTE, a film by Isabel Gardela

On October 27 the premier of TOMANDOTE, in Mallorca and the whole of Spain will take place, a film by the Catalan director, Isabel Gardela.

The history of this comedy is based on Gabi, a 30 year old writer who, after spending three years in Madrid living life to the full, returns to Barcelona to accept an important literary prize for eroticism. By chance she meets Jalil, an Indian Moslem who works in a flowershop, and falls in love with him. But soon the problems arise connected to their different cultures and way of thinking.

The film, produced by Producciones de Kilimanjaro SL and distributed by Lauren Films, stars Núria Prims, Zack Qureshi, Txell Sust, Olalla Moreno, Teresa Gimpera, Germán Almendrós and Xavier Grasset. It has been filmed in the original version in both Castilian and Catalan, and has been chosen to participate in different prestigious international festivals, such as the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, la Mostra de Valencia Cinema del Mediterrani and the London Film Festival, among others. It will also participate in the Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen that will be held in Montpellier between October 27 and November 5.

On Mallorca it will be shown in Catalan at the Sala Rívoli.

Date of publication: 26/10/2000

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