Barcelona-based studio Filmax has scooped international rights to Just One Small Favor, the new film from Zeta Studios, which is behind Netflix smash hit Elite and HBO Max Spanish banner title Garca!
Released in Spain by Universal on Nov. 10, Favor will receive its market premiere at this weeks American Film Market.
Directed by Juana Macas (We Are Pregnant), the acerbic screwball family comedy is set at the swanky summer home of the well-off Gallardos, cared for meticulously by Amparito, a second mother to the three children.
In her dying wish, she asked to be buried in the family vault. When the Gallardos refuse, they receive letters from Amparito, revealing skeletons in the closet and damaging home truths, turning their lives upside down.
Just One Small Favor, is a screwball, situation comedy, with acerbic wit and a good dose of bad blood, said Macas.
The whole story plays out over one, cathartic weekend and what starts out as revenge, but ends up becoming a favor and an important life lesson for the Gallardo family, added Zeta Studios producers Paloma Molina and Miriam Rodrguez.
Starring Inma Cuesta (The Bride), Diego Martn (REC 3), Sara Slamo (Strange Way of Life) andAlfonso Bassave (Cant Live Without You), the acerbic screwball comedy is produced by Zeta Cinema, Atresmedia Cine and Pumuky Films AIE.
Written by Cristbal Garrido and Adolfo Valor (Cocaine Coast, Velvet), Just One Small Favour is produced by Antonio Asensio (Elite), Paloma Molina (Undercover Wedding Crashers),and Mercedes Gamero (Klaus),withRodrguez and Andrea Barrionuevo heading up executive production.
It is backed by broadcast network Atresmedia, pay TV operator Movistar+ and TVC, which guarantees a substantial marketing push from TV operators in Spain.
At Zeta Studios, we are interested in all genres when it comes to the production of formats, but we do place a lot of value on comedies and we believe that they should serve to make us laugh at the problems we have to deal with as a society, said Molina and Rodrguez.
Just One Small Favor is a comedy that were sure will be well-received by the Spanish public and has the potential to travel well and be adapted for international markets through remakes, said Ivan Daz, Filmax head of international.
Zeta Studios also produced the well-received Das Mejores, co-produced with Viacom International Studios (VIS) for Prime Video and Mediaset Espaa, and having ru to date to two seasons, and is on board for some of the most anticipated and edgier new series such as The Chauffeurs Son, from Isaki Lacuesta, a 2023 Berlin CoPro Series entry.
Macas won a Spanish Academy Goya in 2000 for her short Siete cafs por semana, before scoring a new director and new actress (Aura Garrido) nomination in 2011 for Plans for Tomorrow.
With a top-notch cast of Paco Len (House of Flowers) and Alexandra Jimnez (The Distances), We Are Pregnant scored 1.2 million ($1.3 million) for Disney in Spain. Macas also directed a second romcom Sounds Like Love, (Fuimos Canciones), a Netflix Original released in 2021.