{"id":480506,"date":"2026-05-12T07:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/480506\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T07:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:42:13","slug":"horror-of-war-action-movie-carte-blanche-cannes-bound-with-latido","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/480506\/","title":{"rendered":"Horror of War Action Movie ‘Carte Blanche’ Cannes-Bound With Latido"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tLatido Films<\/a> will bring to market \u201cCarte Blanche,\u201d a bloody period war action movie directed by Oscar-winning producer Gerardo Herrero<\/a> (\u201cThe Secret in Their Eyes\u201d), part of a buzzy batch of buzzy quality genre movies made at scale which marks Spain out at this year\u2019s March\u00e9 du Film<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tSet in the Moroccan desert in 1921, where Spain wages a disastrous war against Berber tribesmen of the Rif, after the massacre of Spanish conscript soldiers, an eight-man elite Spanish Legion unit sets off commanded by a sergeant hell bent on revenge after his brother\u2019s torture and murder in the massacre.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe raid on a local Berber village soon degenerates into racist-fueled rape, torture and slaughter and a suicide mission, as the squad attempts escape down an arid canyon, cornered by local marksmen.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tFast-rising Spanish star Ivan Pellicer (\u201cQuerer\u201d) plays hero Faura, who maintains a moral compass. \u201cCarte Blanche\u201d also stars Salva Reina (\u201cThe 47\u201d) and Victor Clavijo (\u201cThe Wait\u201d), the squad\u2019s psychotic sergeant. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tEmploying crafted special effects, \u201cCarte Blanche\u201d was shot in the same arid scrub-desert of Almer\u00eda used by David Lean and Sergio Leone.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBased on the same-titled 2004 prize winning novel by Spain\u2019s Lorenzo Silva, \u201cCarte Blanche\u201d is inspired by historical fact. Spain\u2019s Rif War, where future Spanish dictator Francisco Franco won his spurs, served as a crucible for the values and military tactics of the 1936-39 Spanish Civil War where Franco treated his Republican enemy with the same humanity dealt out to Rif inhabitants.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe great film industries have tackled the most terrible moments of their history, and done so with courage. \u201cIt\u2019s time we do this with the Rif War,\u201d said Herrero.<\/p>\n

\n\tOver a long career, since he burst onto the Spanish scene in the late 1980s, at least two of Herrero\u2019s best films as a director have been unspooled in conflict zones: 1997\u2019s Sarajevo-set \u201cComanche Territory,\u201d and 2024\u2019s Syria espionage thriller \u201cRaqqa: Spy vs. Spy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cGerardo Herrero is proving movie after movie he is a master director of films that capture audience attention and not let it go. \u2018Carte Blanche\u201d\u2019is a gripping action film that does not let you breath while watching it and stays with you when the film finishes,\u201d Latido Films head Antonio Saura told Variety.<\/p>\n

\n\tLatido Films\u2019 2026 March\u00e9 du Film slate also features \u201cThe Harvester,\u201d from David P\u00e9rez Sa\u00f1udo, one of Spain\u2019s most rated younger directors, behind \u201cAne.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tA big-budget film for Spain starring Antonio de la Torre (\u201cThe Realm\u201d) and Patricia L\u00f3pez Arnaiz (Sundays\u201d), it turns on Spain\u2019s first documented serial killer, boasting meticulous 1870s period construction.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlso making its market premiere is \u201cLa Luz,\u201d from San Sebasti\u00e1n winner Fernando Franco (\u201cWounded\u201d). Centring on a Catholic priest\u2019s past that comes back to haunt him as he seeks redemption, it is produced by top Spanish indie Morena Films (\u201cEverybody Knows\u201d).<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tThe Harvester<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPatricia L\u00f3pez Arnaiz in \u2018The Harvester\u2019 Courtesy of Latido Films<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Latido Films will bring to market \u201cCarte Blanche,\u201d a bloody period war action movie directed by Oscar-winning producer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[210233,18,117,210234,19,17,210235,210236,327],"class_list":{"0":"post-480506","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-cannes-film-fesival","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-gerardo-herrero","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-latido-films","15":"tag-marchu00e9-du-film","16":"tag-movies"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116560485064594616","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}