Emiliano De Pablos Spain’s The Mediapro Studio is teaming with writer-director Marcel Barrena (“Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea,” “100 Meters”) and Spanish star Eduard Fernández on real-life inspired social film “The 47.” Scheduled to shoot in Catalan and Spanish June-July in Barcelona, “The 47” is based on the true story of Manolo Vital, a bus driver who, during the city’s expansion in the 1970s, help shape the Barcelona of today.

Produced by Jaume Roures and executive produced by Laura Fernández Espeso, Javier Méndez and Eva Garrido, the film is one of the projects The Mediapro Studio Distribution is presenting for international sales at the current Cannes’ Marché du Film.

Award-winning screenwriter-producer Alberto Marini (“Retribution,” “Sleep Tight”) co-wrote the script alongside Barrena. Winner of three Goya Awards and a San Sebastian Silver Shell, Fernández (“Smoke & Mirrors,” “Everybody Knows”) plays the central character in the film.

The cast also takes in Clara Segura (“The Sea Inside”), Zoe Bonafonte (“Escándalo, relato de una obsesión”), Salva Reina (“Con quién viajas”), Aimar Vega (“Prison 77”) and Carlos Cuevas (“Merlí: Sapere Aude”), with a special appearance of Goya winner David Verdaguer (“Summer 1993”). “The 47” tells the story of an act of peaceful dissent and the grassroots movement that in 1978 transformed Barcelona and changed the image of its suburbs forever.

The Mediapro Studio Produces ‘The 47,’ by ‘Mediterraneo’s’ Marcel Barrena, Toplining Eduard Fernandez (EXCLUSIVE)

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