Escape (2024 film)

Escape is an upcoming thriller film written, edited and directed by Rodrigo Cortés, based on the novel of the same name by Enrique Rubio (writer) and starring Mario Casas and Anna Castillo.

Plot
The plot follows N., a broken young man hellbent on living in prison.

Production
Escape entails Cortés' return to Spanish-language filmmaking after his 2007 debut feature The Contestant. Pitched by Cortés as "The Count of Monte Cristo backwards, Papillon backwards or Escape from Alcatraz backwards", the film is a Nostromo Pictures (Adrián Guerra and Núria Valls) co-production with France's The Project, in association with Mogambo, Cosmopolitan TV, and with the participation of RTVE and Movistar Plus+. In May 2023, Martin Scorsese was announced as executive producer. Rafael García is the cinematographer. Shooting locations included Armuña de Tajuña. Filming had already wrapped by 22 July 2023.

Release
Distributed by Beta Fiction Spain, the film is scheduled to be released theatrically in Spain on 31 October 2024.