Alex de la Iglesia on His Upcoming Chilean Shoot ‘The Misunderstanding’: ‘Reality Has Become My Parallel World’

Nov 6, 2026 8:57am PT Alex de la Iglesia on His Upcoming Chilean Shoot ‘The Misunderstanding’: ‘Reality Has Become My Parallel World’

De la Iglesia presented the film, his first in Chile, at this week's Santiago Film Festival (Sanfic)

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At the Santiago Film Festival (Sanfic) to talk about his upcoming shoot in Chile, “The Misunderstanding” (“El Malentendido”), Spain’s Alex de la Iglesia (“The Bar,” “30 Coins”) could not have been more effusive. He relates that it was at the festival last year where he met his Chilean producer Pablo Díaz of Rio Estudios (“Hidden Island,” “Berko”) through Sanfic Industria head Gabriela Sandoval. At the same time, he was developing a film in Argentina, where he met his lead, Benjamín Vicuña (“Envious”) who also stars in his upcoming Netflix comedy, “Felicidades.”

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