Then the Spanish director read compatriot writer Sara Mesas dark 2021 novelUn Amorat the tail-end of the pandemic.
Sara Mesa is one of the most powerful voices in young Spanish literature.
I thought Ive been this person in moments of my life and maybe underneath I still am.
Hovik Keuchkerian, Isabel Coixet and Laia Costa at the San Sebastian Film FestivalJuan Naharro Gimenez/WireImage
The difference between Nat and Andreas is that hes an outsider whos very happy with being an outsider.
He doesnt need other people.
Coixet reveals she did not have an intimacy coordinator on set, although she offered the actors the option.
You have to be very present and very open.
She is currently co-writing with French screenwriter Laurence Coriat (McMafia,Wonderland).
Movies help me create my place in the world.
My drama is that Im really only happy when Im shooting a film, she says.
Sometimes I feel like Im raping my baby.
Youre creating a world where everything makes sense.
Outside of that Im very unhappy.
Un Amoris produced by Marisa Fernandez Armenteros (Buena Pinta Media) and Sandra Hermida (Perdicion Films).
Films Constellation handles international sales.
The San Sebastian Film Festival runs from September 22 to 30.
