<h6><strong>The Diplomat</strong></h6> <h4><strong>Madrid and Valladolid, in Spain, and the towns of Kerala, Chennai and Bombay, in India, have been hosting the filming of ‘Mudras. Tejiendo hilos invisibles’ since this month, the first film co-produced by both countries.</strong></h4> According to Casa de la India, the documentary, directed by María Salgado and Bobbi Bedy, explores themes such as learning, dialogue, culture, dance, dedication and passion through the story of Mónica de la Fuente and her daughter Nazaré. In the early 1990s, Mónica, a 19-year-old Spanish student of theatre and dance, embarks on a journey by land to India. After a daring journey through unknown territories and exotic cultures to reach the Indian subcontinent, she finds a life in dance in the classical arts of southern India: she discovers a new language of the body, as foreign, and at the same time familiar, as an organic art form that speaks beyond borders. Mónica recorded this entire process that lasted years. Now, 30 years later, her daughter Nazaré, a Spanish dancer and also 19 years old, undertakes the same journey. This time by air. Nazaré returns to the places where her mother went to learn about dance, martial arts, and ultimately, Indian culture, for her career as a dancer and for the creation of a show. “We witness the emergence of a new dialogue, captured in a captivating creation by mother and daughter: two dancers on stage, two forms of expression, each on her own life journey that intersects, merging their rhythmic pulses; two souls that become a single heartbeat and give birth to a new dance piece to celebrate a universe of connections,” explains Casa de la India. ‘Mudras. Tejiendo hilos invisibles' is produced by Anna Saura in co-production with Marino García and Bobby Bedi. It is a Spanish-Indian co-production by Atrece Creciones and Piensan las Manos, in co-production with Content Flow Studios (India). It currently has the support of Casa de la India, the Valladolid Film Commission and the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India. The documentary was written by Mónica de la Fuente herself, with music by Germán Díaz and Dr. L. Subramaniam and photography direction by Isabel Ruíz Ruiz.
