Filming has begun on a Kazakh-Spanish film with the working title "Truce" /La Tregua about Karlag under an exclusive contract with Netflix. The main director of the film is Miguel Angel Vivas, known to many viewers from the TV series "Paper House".
The film tells about the difficult fates of people, about the preservation of human dignity, despite the daily struggle for survival.
The star director made a bet on the skill of the actors. The key roles in the new film will be played by Miguel Erran, who previously played Rio in the TV series "Paper House", and Aron Piper, who embodied Ander Munoz in the drama "Elite", as well as Kazakh actors Dina Tasbulatova, Altynai Nogerbek, Sergey Ufimtsev and Farabi Akkozov.
The atmosphere of the Karlag of the 1930s and 1950s will be conveyed by costumes, props and decorations, for the creation of which the artists spent a huge amount of time in archives and museums.
Initially, the film was going to be shot in Kazakhstan, but later plans changed. A miniature Carlag for filming was built near the Spanish city of Bilbao.
– We realize that it is impossible to accurately reproduce the entire situation, the Kazakh steppe, but we have made every effort. Our team has studied a huge number of documents, and a huge amount of work has been done by a group of production designers. It was a challenge, but we did our best to recreate a piece of Kazakhstan here in Bilbao," says Cesar Benitez, director of the film company Plano a Plano, responsible for filming the film.
"Truce" is the first work for Netflix with the active participation of Kazakhstani actors, producers, coordinators and other specialists.
– This project is an important step in the development of international cooperation. We have carefully prepared its launch, with an emphasis on high standards and global potential. In the current conditions, when the world is facing challenges and the search for common ground, such projects show that art is able to unite," said Amanat Konakbayev, general producer of the film.
The shooting will last two and a half months. The creators expect to show the finished film at the largest festivals of category A.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/karaganda/press/news/details/890028