{"id":398029,"date":"2026-04-14T14:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T14:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/398029\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T14:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T14:11:08","slug":"italys-highest-grossing-movie-buen-camino-set-for-spanish-remake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/398029\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy’s Highest-Grossing Movie ‘Buen Camino’ Set For Spanish Remake"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSpain\u2019s AF Films has acquired Spanish remake rights to \u201cBuen Camino<\/a>,\u201d the Italian comedy that recently became the country\u2019s all-time highest-grossing film by scoring a whopping more than $82 million local box office haul.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe \u201cBuen Camino\u201d adaptation agreement between AF Films and Italian sales company Piperplay is the first remake deal to be announced since the comedy \u2013 starring local comedy sensation Checco Zalone<\/a> as a rich and\u00a0debauched father who zips around in a red Ferrari searching for his runaway daughter along Spain\u2019s famous Camino de Santiago spiritual pilgrimage \u2013 became an Italian box office sensation that generated buzz elsewhere in the world.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe protagonist, Checco, is forced to leave his gilded life behind to search for Cristal, his missing teenage daughter. \u201cHe thus finds himself, against his will, on the Camino de Santiago, amid hardship, blisters, clashes, and revelations. But this unexpected journey will become the only chance for father and daughter to truly get to know each other,\u201d as the official synopsis puts it<\/p>\n

\n\tPiperplay is also in advanced talks to sell \u201cBuen Camino\u201d remake rights to France and Germany.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBuen Camino,\u201d which is produced by Italy\u2019s Vuelta-owned Indiana Production<\/a> with MZL and in collaboration with Netflix, launched in Italy via Medusa distribution on Dec. 25 and went on to dominate the Italian market, holding the box office spot for the following five weeks, drawing more than 9 million Italians.\u00a0More significantly, the film surpassed Zalone\u2019s previously held records for a local title, the last of which was with 2016\u2019s \u201cQuo Vado,\u201d about a Southern Italian slacker hellbent on holding on to his parasitic government job even when he is transferred to the North Pole.<\/p>\n

\n\tDue to its more universal storyline \u201cBuen Camino\u201d can make for more congenial remake material than Zalone\u2019s previous pictures, possibly proving that local comedies can travel.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe are now in exactly the same position that were were in with \u201cQuo Vado\u201d 10 years ago. The world outside Italy is astonished at our box office haul and wondering, \u201cHow did these guys pull it off?,\u201d Buen Camino director Gennaro Nunziante said in an interview with Variety.<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBut this time we\u2019ve taken it to the next level, and not just in terms of box office. This film has much more international appeal compared with \u201cQuo Vado,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBuen Camino proved that a story about a father, a daughter, and a road can become a box office phenomenon with no franchise behind it. That\u2019s exactly why it travels,\u201d said Indiana partner Daniel Campos Pavoncelli in a statement. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re very honored that this idea from Gennaro Nunziante and Luca Medici (aka Checco Zalone) is drawing such a broad appeal,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Spanish-language remake is the logical next step: the Camino de Santiago is Spanish territory, Spanish culture, and a potential audience that already knows the geography. We are very proud to have AF Films do this remake,\u201d Campos Pavoncelli went on to point out.<\/p>\n

\n\tCommented AF chief Frank Aziza: \u201cAt AF Films, we feel deeply connected to \u2018Buen Camino\u2019 because it is a story that, through humor, speaks to something essential: human relationships and second chances.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe are drawn to projects like this one, which have the ability to make audiences laugh and feel at the same time, while inviting them to see themselves reflected in the characters.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAF Films, which operates between Europe and the U.S., is known for developing high-end feature films and prestige TV projects through strategic studio alliances and cross-border financing models. Recent projects in which AF have been involved include Sundance standout \u201cSorry, Baby\u201d; thriller \u201cAbove and Below,\u201d toplining Antonio Banderas; action movie \u201cHammer Down,\u201d that they are developing with \u201cOppenheimer\u201d\u00a0producer Charles Roven; and HBO Max series\u00a0\u201cMariachis.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spain\u2019s AF Films has acquired Spanish remake rights to \u201cBuen Camino,\u201d the Italian comedy that recently became the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[175910,175911,93,61,175912,60,270],"class_list":{"0":"post-398029","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-buen-camino","9":"tag-checco-zalone","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-indiana-production","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}