Suro

Suro Movie Details:

Suro Movie Cast & Characters:

• Vicky Luengo as Elena
• Pol López as Iván
• Ilyass El Ouahdani as Karim

Storyline:

Set in rural Catalonia, the film plot follows a couple (Elena and Iván) who moves from the city to the countryside to run an inherited cork plantation, involved as outsiders in the escalating tension between local and immigrant cork workers.

About Suro Movie:

Cork (Catalan: Suro) is a Spanish rural drama film directed by Mikel Gurrea which stars Vicky Luengo and Pol López alongside Ilyass El Ouahdani. It is shot in Catalan.

Laia Costa was originally a cast choice for one of the leads, but eventually, Vicky Luengo was cast as the protagonist.

It was shot in Catalan in locations of the province of Girona, including the Albera Massif (Alt Empordà).

The shooting started on 19 July 2021.

The film was selected for screening at the 70th San Sebastián International Film Festival’s main competition, where it was presented on 19 September 2022.

Suro won 3 “70th San Sebastián International Film Festival” awards (Irizar Basque Film Award, Fipresci Award, Euskal Gidoigileen Elkartea Award) and was nominated 18th Zurich Film Festival.

The film was selected for screening at the 70th San Sebastián International Film Festival’s main competition, where it was presented on 19 September 2022. Suro was theatrically released on 2 December 2022 by A Contracorriente Films.