Los Angeles-based Outsider Pictures went up on Jonás Trueba’s “You Have to Come and See It” and “The Romantic Exiles.” Both films – produced by Madrid-based Los Ilusos Films – will be released in the US in late spring 2023.
Outsider Pictures has already been released [Trueba’s previous film] Producer Javier Lafuente references “The August Virgin” in the US in 2020, praising the unique double bill idea that should surely please art lovers.
You Have to Come and See It, about a couple in their 30s contemplating life and clocking in at just 64 minutes, premiered in Karlovy Vary in July to rave reviews, with diverse He called it “a rich, refreshing meditation on friendship, philosophy, art, and table tennis suggesting that no film needs more than an hour’s play.”
“Sociable and swallowable like a draft or 10 gently fortified wine,” the review continued.
“Indeed, it is an aperitif that proves so satisfying, so simple and sunny and wise, that you may find yourself gorging yourself on the somnolence of its knowledge, its strangely nourishing pleasures, and forgetting to eat lunch altogether.”
Outsider Pictures CEO Paul Hudson closed the deal with Louis Reynart of Bendita Film Sales.
He said: “Jonás Trueba, in collaboration with his usual cast and crew, has once again created a hilarious story regarding the little details that make it so well suited to The Romantic Exiles”.
“I’ve released short films with features before, so I think releasing two short stories together is a different kind of theme. It’s also a throwback to how films were released in the golden age of Hollywood, so why not?” I think the success of The August Virgin in France opened the eyes of the film community, and Karlovy Vary’s selection of You Have to Come and See It was an acknowledgment that his work is gaining importance.
Trueb, born in 1981, made his debut in 2010 with “Every Song Is About Me”. Awarded in San Sebastian and Karlovy Vary, he is a co-founder of Los Ilusos Films.
In “The Romantic Exiles,” a road movie with a melancholic touch akin to Roemer’s style, the Spanish director focuses on three friends who hop into an old truck and try to reunite with unforgettable women — for different reasons and with different levels of success.
Although Trueba had filmed The Romantic Exiles seven years earlier, he noticed a connection between his two films.
“Both films were born in a very intuitive way, almost spontaneous. We shot them very quickly, hilariously, but in very different circumstances,” he said.
While “The Romantic Exiles” attempts to capture a sense of fleeting love, as well as the end of youth and the end of summer, his latest film has been deeply affected by the pandemic, in his words, noting the “sadness and alienation it has engendered in all of us.”
“One is more youthful and the other is more mature, but they both share a sense of humor and gloom. They also star Vito Sanz and Francesco Carril, and seeing them change and age a bit can be fun too,” he adds.
“I’ve always wanted to make films that ‘dialogue’ with each other or even contradict each other. For us, filmmaking is a way of being in the world, of growing together.”
Adds Lafuente: “They make it practically the same technical and technical team. It’s life-like, or at least part-life.”
Reaching and connecting with viewers in such an important country is certainly a huge challenge for these two simple films. Movies that aren’t so much about plot or plot detail, but are about creating a space where we can all coexist and share ideas.”
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