Miss Carbón, will debut domestically on Netflix later this year after hitting theaters in Spain this month. In the film, set in 2008 and based on a true story, Pascal stars as Carlita Rodríguez, the first female coal miner in her hometown of Río Turbio, Argentina.
Lux Pascal was Miss Carbón director Agustina Macri’s first and only choice for the project, with the filmmaker telling THR that the star’s “beauty, talent and presence on screen” made her casting a no-brainer. “Although the story is inspired by real events, Lux and I always understood that we had the freedom to create a new Carlita — one shaped by her own sensibilities and emotional palette,” says Macri. “She was attentive to every detail and often proposed subtle changes to the script that made the character more honest and grounded. For me, that kind of creative dialogue has enormous value.”