Filming will return this May to the City of Light in Alicante, with a series about the fishing boat ‘Francisco y Catalina’, the Santa Pola boat that rescued 51 migrants in 2006. The production will star the actors Luis Tosar and Blanca Portillo.
The series ‘La ley del mar’ will have three episodes and filming will start on May 15 in the port of Santa Pola and will continue until June 10, sources from the Generalitat Valenciana, owner of the audiovisual complex.
This will be the first filming after the sanction of Brussels in 2012, after the European Commission decided that it should reimburse 265 million to the Valencian Community, considering that the public investment made by the Generalitat was illegal. Finally, the sanction was lifted five years ahead of schedule.
Sources from the Generalitat have been “satisfied” with the work carried out that “allows filming to return to the City of Light after the Brussels sanction”. In addition, they have advanced that “shortly” the arrival of another production in the Alicante audiovisual space will be confirmed.
As for ‘The Law of the Sea’, it tells the story of the Santa Pola fishing boat Francisco y Catalina, who on July 14, 2006 sighted a small boat with 51 migrants asking for help a few miles off the coast of Malta and who stayed for two months on the high seas until they were allowed to land the rescued people.
In it, Luis Tosar will play José Durá, the captain of the ship Francisco and Catalina, while Blanca Portillo will act as the Spanish ambassador in Malta.
The series will be directed by Alberto Ruiz Rojo and is from the Studio 60 production company, in addition to having the support of À Punt. In total, it will have a budget of 3.8 million euros and the production company expects that local spending will reach 2.3 million.
In addition to the town of Santa Pola and other locations in the province, the production will use the Ciudad de la Luz studios for filming and it is expected that the water tank, already used by Juan José Bayona in the film, will be used. ‘The impossible’.
