Rodar sets flamenco tale 'Amaya'

Barcelona-based Rodar y Rodar, producer of "The Orphanage" and "Julia's Eyes," is preparing romantic drama "Carmen Amaya," to become directed by Rodar producer and partner Marly Targarona.Sara Baras, now Spain's foremost femme flamenco dancer, will have Amaya.A departure for Rodar -- in subject a lot more than expected financing structure -- "Amaya" is really a imaginary portrait of Carmen Amaya, who totally changed flamenco having a ferocious dancing style, required flamenco to the world stage within the 20's, made an appearance in 1945's Univesal production "See My Lawyer" and carried out in the Whitened House.Script, by Juan Carlos Sanchez and Enric Ros, is going to be completed this month. Set between The country, Paris, London and La, and focusing on a grownup audience, "Amaya" concentrates on Amaya's across-the-tracks marriage at age 40: While Amaya was illiterate, her husband was a maximum-class intellectual, fifteen years her junior."Carmen Amaya were built with a happy existence and a trio of loves: Her husband, her art and her large family which she supported and required wherever she went," Targarona stated, who referred to "Amaya" like a "love story with a few spectacular flamenco amounts."Rodar aims to structure "Amaya" being an worldwide co-production between The country, France and Japan, where flamenco includes a substantial group of followers, stated Joaquin Padro, who partners Targarona at Rodar y Rodar."Amaya" is scheduled to start shooting in 2012. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com