01/09/2021 - The Spanish filmmaker is dabbling in fiction again with this co-production, an emotional thriller starring well-known faces from both sides of the Atlantic

Director Chus Gutiérrez with actors Mauricio Ochmann and Alfonso Bassave during the shoot for Sin ti no puedo

Sin ti no puedo [+see also:
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The film follows successful business owner David (Ochmann), who leads a comfortable life alongside his boyfriend, Álex (Bassave), an attractive gym instructor. The latter has always wanted to become a father and often wonders which path he should follow in order to make his dream come true: adoption? A surrogate mother? Nevertheless, David refuses to discuss the subject. That is, until Blanca (Perroni), David’s sister, with whom he broke off all contact after a dark event in the past, bursts into their lives. She used to be a drug addict and, in one terrible moment of carelessness, started a fire that killed their parents, for which she was sentenced to six years in prison. But now, she is clean and has resolved to win back the only family she has: that’s why she will be willing to do whatever it takes to persuade her brother to accept her into his life again.

In the words of the director, the film is “a journey through guilt: how to cope with it, how to forgive oneself for one’s mistakes in order to carry on with one’s life or, on the contrary, how we refuse to accept that every action has its repercussions and that, sooner or later, guilt will catch up with us”. Based on an original idea by Frank Ariza (the series Perdóname Señor), it boasts a screenplay by Ariza himself as well as Alicia Luna (Rosa’s Wedding [+see also:
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Sin ti no puedo is a production by Spanish outfits Esto también pasará and Bowfinger International Pictures together with Mexico’s Expansión Films Entertainment and SDB Films. The movie, which was shot in the Community of Madrid last July, will reach Spanish cinemas next year, distributed by Filmax. It will subsequently be screened on Amazon Prime Video, which will make it available worldwide.

(Translated from Spanish)