Oschaled Director Christopher Nolan In full shoot OdysseyHis new film, with whom he wants to take a step forward. The director intends to achieve levels that have never seen after they compressed two years ago with Oppenheimer And finally, the consecration of oneself as one of the greatest of this century. However, now he has just received an important warning. And that The Spanish cinema was openly positioned against him For how he works on a new project.
And that Christopher Nolan He rolls Odyssey In Western Sahara, the territory in the conflict occupied by Morocco, despite the fact that its sovereignty is not recognized as the United Nations. Given this situation, Numerous very important names of Spanish cinemaTogether with other artists, activists and human rights activists, they signed the manifesto of the International Film Festival in Sahara (Fisahara) sent to the media. He directly criticizes the decision Nolan And universal to go there.
Firstly, they ask Universal Pictures, Syncopy and the director himself “Who violates their silence about why they chose the city of Dajla, occupied by MoroccoIn Western Sahara, as a place for filming the film. “
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“Mr. Nolan filmed Sakharavi there without the consent of the people. The only consent that he received came from the forces of the inhabitant: Morocco. Today Dajla and Western Sahara are not a place for a dream that Nolan Imagine your film, – condemns a text signed by more than hundreds of names, such as Javier BardemIN Luis TosarIN Icíar BollaínIN Rodrigo SorogoeyenIN Carolina Just or Juan Diego BottoAmong many others.
Then the manifesto recalls the turbulent and violent story, which the territory lived especially in the last century, with the bombing of Moroccans and the Frenchman. “Nolan And your team may have contributed, not knowing about this in the repression of the people of the western part of the Sahara, Helping to normalize the brutal occupation of MoroccoContinue, clarifying evil Odyssey from Christopher NolanField
As a solution, they offer two things. First, the team is asked to publicly admit that she should not shoot Odyssey In Dajla, they do not edit scenes or, at least, “get consent to this from the people of Sakharavi.” In second place, They ask Christopher Nolan to use “their powerful platform to shed light on the critical situation Sakharavi In the Moroccan occupation and those who live in extreme conditions in the area of refugees in Algeria. “
Odyssey It opens in cinemas on July 17, 2026.
Source: Hiper Textual
