Miguel Bardem films '22 Angels' in Ferrol.

By Marta Díaz Freire.

Ferrol has been chosen, once again, as the setting for a film.

Last February, Miguel Bardem, cousin of the popular Spanish actor Javier Bardem (married to Penelope Cruz), was filming his new TV movie, '22 Angels', in Galicia. 

Amongst other locations in Galicia like Tui or Santa María de Oia, the movie was filmed at the entrance of the estuary in Ferrol. The scenery is very suitable to set the story because it takes place in the 19th century. The two castles, La Palma and San Felipe, on opposite sides of the entrance, built in the 16th century and with a good state of preservation, were considered the perfect scene to start the filming of this movie. The director of photography commented that, in his opinion, the light in Galicia is great for filming. Other locations will include: Valencia and Madrid.

The plot is about a doctor, Francisco Javier Balmis, who discovered the cure for smallpox. He injected the fluid into the arms of 22 orphans and started a trip to America where he had planned to take the children and, together with them, the cure for that illness.

The voyage was carried out on the frigate María Pita (like the famous heroine), which in this case was the replica of the Russian frigate Shtandart, which Peter the Great, emperor of All Russia, ordered to build by the beginning of the 18th century.

The director of the film is Miguel Bardem and the main actors and actresses are: the Galician actress María Castro, Pedro Casablanc as Dr. Balmis and Octavi Pujadas as Dr. Salvany (Dr. Balmis' assistant). The scriptwriter is Alicia Luna, winner of the Prize to the Best European Script in 2004 (shared with Icíar Bollaín). The film is based on the novel by Almudena de Arteaga, Guardian Angels and it is co-produced by RTVE and Four Luck Banana. It counts with the participation of the TVG and Sunrise Pictures as well.

A casting to choose some extras was carried out in Ferrol. A guy at our school took part in it but he unfortunately he wasn't chosen.

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