Malinche

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Talipot Studio, a co-producer on Ruben Östlund’s triple Oscar nominee Triangle of Sadness, has come aboard a fairly ambitious historical epic... sounds like it could make for a fantastic film.

Pablo Trapero’s ‘Malinche’ Set for Morena, Talipot

Mexico’s Talipot Studio, a co-producer on Ruben Östlund’s triple Oscar nominee “Triangle of Sadness,” has boarded “Malinche,” a historical epic produced by Spain’s Morena Films and directed by Pablo Trapero (“The Clan,” “ZeroZeroZero”).

Prestigious Mexican historian Enrique Krauze also produces.

Shaping up as one of the biggest movies from the Spanish-speaking world this year, “Malinche” is written by Trapero and Daniel Krauze, a writer on “Luis Miguel: The Series.”

It could be described as a conquistador epic, set in 1519 as Hernán Cortes’ troops are supposedly welcomed by Aztec lord Moctezuma in Tenochtitlan. It centers, however, on the figure of Malinche, Cortés’ interpreter and consort who bore him a son.

In the film, Malinche, regarded as a pivotal figure in Spain’s conquest, so a traitor to Mexico, is seen in a new light as a woman battling to maintain peace between the Aztec and Spanish empires.

“For a few months, it seemed like the Spanish and the Aztecs could collaborate. There were negotiations. And that’s when our story takes place,” Morena’s Alvaro Longoria said. “The Malinche of popular imagination is far from the truth.”

“This is one of the most emblematic moments of [Mexican] history seen from a daring viewpoint,” added Regina Solórzano, CEO of Talipot Studio.