Alex de la Iglesia Puts Himself in a tight Spot with ‘La Chispa De La Vida’

After the cold reception at the box office, mixed reaction from critics and only two tech award wins at the recent Goya awards with A Sad Trumpet Ballad a.k.a The Last Circus, director Alex de la Iglesia has commenced filming on “La Chispa De La Vida”. Based on an original screenplay by Randy Feldman (“Tango & Cash”), the film stars Salma Hayek (“Frida”) and Spaniard comedian José Mota.

Although De la Iglesias has claimed this will be a dramatic feature film, in his own words ”…it has a lot in common with “The Last Circus” intentions wise. A strange story that also makes to think about “La Cabina” by Antonio Mercero in which it resembles story wise since it’s about a man that has an accident and is left trapped in such a way that nobody knows how to rescue him, but in this case, the character being a publicist, he will try to take advantage financially from the incident by turning it into a media circus.

The cast is completed by Juan Luis Galiardo (“Tango”), Fernando Tejero (“Días De Fútbol”), Carolina Bang (“The Last Circus”) and Santiago Segura (“Day Of The Beast”) while the production is being helmed by Trivisión and Alfresco Enterprises, in collaboration with France’s La Ferme Productions.