{"id":164298,"date":"2025-12-02T15:14:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T15:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/164298\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T15:14:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T15:14:14","slug":"looking-for-michael-parkinsons-comedy-picked-up-by-filmax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/164298\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Looking for Michael,’ Parkinson’s Comedy, Picked up by Filmax \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBUENOS AIRES, Argentina \u2014 Strengthening the comedy quotient of this year\u2019s Ventana Sur<\/a>, already on the rise in the market\u2019s centrepiece industry sections, Barcelona-based studio Filmax<\/a> is bringing onto the market \u201cLooking for Michael,\u201d produced by Kiko Martinez, who backed Alex de la Iglesia\u2019s \u201cPerfect Strangers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tInternational buyers will be able to see the first images of the film at the Ventana Sur market in Buenos Aires.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tFilmax will be handling the international sales of \u201cLooking For Michael.\u201d It will introduce first images of the film at Buenos Aires\u2019 Ventana Sur, Latin America\u2019s biggest film-TV market.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe latest from Juana Mac\u00edas, whose acerbic screwball family comedy \u201cJust One Small Favor\u201d was also picked up by Filmax<\/a>, \u201cLooking for Michael\u201d sums up several market trends: It\u2019s an uplifting take on a serious subject, and a eye-opening comedy of substance \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tPenned by Marta Libertad, a writer on Rafael Azcona adaptation \u201cThe Europeans,\u201d \u201cLooking for Michael\u201d turns on \u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSonia, a young woman who\u2019s been diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s. Determining to face her disease with energy and hope, rather than resignation, along with her music therapy group \u2013 whose members live with OCD, paraplegia, Parkinson\u2019s, and autism \u2013 she embarks to find Michael J. Fox, a global icon in the fight against Parkinson\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cLooking for Michael\u201d stars Nuria Herrero, Vito Sanz (\u201cThe Other Way Around\u201d), Paco Tous<\/a> (\u201cMoney Heist\u201d) Lorena L\u00f3pez, Sara Robisco and Michel Noher (\u201cLa Unidad\u201d).<\/p>\n

\n\tThe comedy, which also has a profoundly emotional side to it , is inspired by real events, Filmax notes. The film uses music as a vehicle of expression, autonomy and connection, exploring how art can transform lives and unite people, it added.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe comedy \u201ctackles a serious subject (disability and Parkinson\u2019s) from a wonderfully positive place and without being overly sentimental,\u201d said Head of International Iv\u00e1n D\u00edaz. \u201cThe music, sense of humour and authenticity of its characters make this a universal story, one which is able to connect with audiences of all cultures.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Looking for Michael,\u2019 courtesy of Filmax<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BUENOS AIRES, Argentina \u2014 Strengthening the comedy quotient of this year\u2019s Ventana Sur, already on the rise in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164299,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[146,98428,85,46,98429,98430,59521],"class_list":["post-164298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-filmax","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-nadie-es-perfecto","tag-paco-tous","tag-ventana-sur"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}