Filming in el Puerto-our two young lovers

Last Friday, we filmed a scene in el Puerto with our two young lovers, namely, Luis's son and the son's finacee.

And just so you'll know where all this is located:  El Puerto is what people in this area call the small city of Puerto de Santa Maria.  It's located a little north of Cadiz, and Cadiz is a port city in the south of Spain on the Atlantic Ocean.

Our two actors (Rosario Heredia & José Castro) with part of the crew.

El Puerto is also a port, mostly for small fishing craft and some pleasure boats.  It's located at the mouth of a river that empties into the Bay of Cadiz--a big, big bay like the San Francisco Bay.

Our young lovers mostly talk about the upcoming wedding.  The fiancee, Ana, has stars in her eyes.  She is imagining a gigantic wedding in a church filled with flowers, a huge wedding cake, a slick band, lots of great food, the works.

We're working hard.  The actors are the ones sitting down.

Luis' son Juan, however, knows that his family can't afford anything of the kind.  The two families will share the cost of the wedding, but since Luis, Juan's dad, has been out of work for many months, there is not much money lying around.  Each time Ana comes up with a new fancy thing she thinks they'll have, Juan brings here back to reality...for example, the wedding cake will be made by his aunt (who works in a bakery but hasn't yet learned how to do anything really fancy).

Then, the kicker:  it seems that Ana's father views the ability of Juan's family to pay their share as a test of how well his daughter can expect to be supported.  Poor Luis,  How is he going to be able to afford all this?

Our star of the day, Rosario, playing the finacee and yours truly with an aching back.

The scene, by the way, took five hours to shoot.  At the end, we had a good meal, and then went and shot another scene (this one, in Jerez).

OUR NEXT POST will be more about the economic situation in Spain.  I might not get to it until after Berlin (meaning expect it around May 9 or 10).  I´ll also talk a bit about the economic situation in Berlin.