Films

ALAKRANA

Coproduced by Telecinco Cinema, Zentropa Spain and Fausto P.C.
With the support of ICAA – Ministry of Culture

Synopsis
From a raft on the Indic Ocean, two young Somalians see a boat far away. They call their bosses and start the assault to the Alakrana, a Spanish fishing boat. Inspired on true events, the hijack lasted 47 days. On board, the crew and the pirates. At land, the fishermen’s families in Spain, the pirates’ boss in Somalia, a law firm that works as mediator from London and the Spanish intelligence agents and the ambassador in Kenya.

Crew
Director: Salvador Calvo
Script: Jorge Guerricaechevarría
Producers: Álvaro Augustín, David Matamoros, Ramón Vidal
Executive producers: Javier Ugarte, Peter Aalbaek Jensen, Peter Garde
Production manager: Javier Arsuaga
Director of photography: Álvaro Gutiérrez
Editing: Jaime Colis
Music: Víctor Reyes

Cast
Captain: Miguel Ángel Silvestre
Patron: Francesc Orella
“The Bastard”: Babou Cham
Edurne: Cristina Plazas
Ambassador: Carlos Hipólito
Patricia: Irene Montalà
Engineer: Toni Sevilla
Fisherman: Juan Carlos Vellido
CNI agent: Fernando Cayo
CNI agent: Antonio Velázquez