Director: | Agustí Villaronga |
Story: | Mario Torrecillas |
Starring: | Susi Sánchez |
Distributor: | Caramel Films/Youplanet Pictures |
Country: | Spain |
Editing: | Anabel Rodríguez Venzalá |
Language: | Spanish |
Stormy Lola (Spanish; Castilian: '''Loli Tormenta'''|links=no)[1] is a 2023 Spanish comedy film directed by Agustí Villaronga, which is his final film prior to his death and stars Susi Sánchez. A posthumously released swan song by Villaronga, it is also his first comedy feature.
Set in the outskirts of Barcelona, the plot follows the plight of Lola, who suffers from a worsening condition of Alzheimer's disease and is in charge of her two grandchildren, Edgar and Robert. The latter, unwilling to go to a foster home, thereby decides to take care of their grandmother, concealing her disease.[2]
The screenplay was penned by Mario Torrecillas and Agustí Villaronga based on an original story by Torrecillas.[3] The film was produced by Irusoin, Vilaüt Films, and 3.000 obstáculos AIE, and it had the participation of RTVE, TV3, Movistar Plus+, and funding from ICAA and .[4] It was shot in Barcelona in 2022.[5] Villaronga suspended the chemotherapy of his ongoing cancer in order to shoot the film.[6]
Loli Tormentas distribution rights in Spain are handled by Caramel Films and Youplanet Pictures. The film was theatrically released in Spain on 31 March 2023.[7] Villaronga died in January 2023, prior to the release.[8]
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