Entrance to the Liceu

Translation: FreeTranslation.com (Edited by Ruth.)

NURIA SQUARE / Maria of Medeiros. / PABLO OTIN / EFE

BARCELONA.- Alan Parker wants the Great Theatre of the Liceu to be one of the settings of his new movie, The Life of David Gale, starring Kate Winslet, Kevin Spacey and Laura Linney.

The Rambla

The director of Fame, Midnight Express, and Ashes of Angela, he has adapted the hyphen of his new movie already. He has rolled some scenes in Texas so that part of the action elapse in Barcelona. Besides the Liceu, that would represent the opera Turandot of Puccini, the Rambla will be another of the settings chosen by the director, according to the office of Barcelona Plató. Although the producing associate in Barcelona assured us yesterday that they have not yet closed the negotiations.

The new Parker film, that has an approximate budget of $50 million and counts on the participation of the producer, Nicolas Cage, who plays a small role. It tells the history of David Gale (Kevin Spacey), a professor of Texas, defender of the death penalty, who is falsely accused of the murder of another activist, Constance Harraway (Laura Linney). Gale shows the enigmas of life from death row, while he explains his history to a journalist, played by Kate Winslet.