Vivas’ Secuestrados Set for Release

Principal photography is complete on Miguel Ángel Vivas’ (Reflejos) latest thriller. Secuestrados tells the story of how a Spanish family suffers an express kidnapping that takes place during one single night and is handled by a group of criminals from Eastern Europe. The Orphanage‘s Fernando Cayo, Ana Wagener and Manuela Vellés (“Camino”) portray the family victim of this model of kidnapping imported from the South American mafias that have installed themselves in Spain – it’s a phenomenon that has become increasingly popular in recent times. Vivas commented that his aim is to transport this new reality into a genre film setting, using documentary film techniques as well as the use of split screen and long takes to maximize the sense of actually “being there” feeling. The film is a co-production between Spain’s Vaca Films (Celda 211) and France’s La Fabrique 2. Check out the production blog here.