''Parking'' is a 2019 internationally co-produced romantic drama film directed by

Tudor Giurgiu Tudor Giurgiu (born 1972 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania) is a Romanian film director. He was President of Romanian National Television, TVR between 2005 and 2007. Tudor Giurgiu is also a director of music videos and has made documentaries. Giurgiu owns ...

. It is based on the novel ''Apropierea'' by

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who co-wrote the screenplay along Giurgiu. It stars Mihai Smarandache, Belén Cuesta,

Ariadna Gil Ariadna Gil Giner (; born 23 January 1969) is a Spanish actress. She is known for her performances in films such as ''Belle Époque'' (for which she won the Goya Award for Best Actress), ''Black Tears'' and '' Pan's Labyrinth''. Career Film d ...

and

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Plot

The story is set in 2002 and revolves around Adrian (Smarandache), a Romanian

undocumented immigrant Illegal immigration is the migration of people into a country in violation of the immigration laws of that country or the continued residence without the legal right to live in that country. Illegal immigration tends to be financially upwar ...

who works as a security guard at a parking lot in

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, Spain.

Cast

* Mihai Smarandache as Adrian * Belén Cuesta as María *

as Rafael *

Manuel Bandera Manuel Bandera (born 12 December 1960) is a Spanish actor and dancer. He became popular for his performance in the 1989 film '' The Things of Love''. Biography Born on 12 December in 1960 in Málaga, Bandera started his career performing as d ...

Production

The film was produced by Libra Film alongside La Claqueta PC, Tito Clint Movies and Evolution Films, with support of

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, the the

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and Canal Sur TV.

Release

The film premiered on June 14, 2019 as the opener of 18th

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(TIFF). It was released on demand on Filmin on May 15, 2020.

Awards and nominations

It was nominated for eight categories at the 2020

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, including Best Film.

References

External links

* 2019 multilingual films 2019 romantic drama films 2019 films Films about immigration to Spain Films set in Andalusia Films shot in Spain Romanian multilingual films Spanish multilingual films Spanish romantic drama films 2010s Spanish-language films Romanian romantic drama films Czech romantic drama films La Claqueta PC films {{2010s-drama-film-stub