San Sebastián Buzz Title ‘Dance of the Living’ Gets a First Trailer (Exclusive)

San Sebastián buzz title “Dance of the Living,” the awaited second feature by Jose Alayón which world premieres Friday at San Sebastian’s New Directors competition, now has a first trailer, shared in exclusivity with Variety by sales agent Bendita Film Sales.

The trailer captures the double attraction of the film. One is an introduction to Canary Islands wrestling, lucha canaria, an ancestral tradition which dates back to the Islands’ first Berber settlers. In it, a wrestler tries to force his opponent to touch the ground with another part of their body other than their feet. In one spectacular scene, a wrestler charges forward, picking up another, Miguel, the father protagonist of the film, and simply throws him onto the ground.

Unspooling on the blowsy Canary Island of Fuerteventura, the main narrative in the trailer and indeed turns on Miguel and daughter Mariana who struggle to move forward after the…