The scriptwriter of the film Fernando Lopez-Mirones
Photo: Rafael Perezaguas & Maca del Cabo
This is the story of a river in southern Europe that brings together a wider variety of animals than any other. [...]
From forests high in the mountains to flatlands and wetlands that seem set in Africa.
On its banks, geography seems to make no sense because species from very distant worlds gather there.[...]
Guided by the water that keeps them alive, the inhabitants of the Great River of Andalusia coexist with life and death in a game that never ends.[...]
But this is Spain, and the Mediterranean sun gives the prisoners of the forest a reprieve. Although the weather’s still cold, the snow doesn’t last long. Nevertheless, for some it’s already too late. The snow storm claimed a red deer hind, and as it melts, the white mantle is pulled back to reveal the gift of its body, sending messages out on the wind.[...]
We are in the land of the Tartessians, the Turta, the herdsmen who raised red bulls. They wore helmets with horns like those attributed to the Vikings and offered their bronze swords and shields to the water. The same water in which these black storks are resting during their migration from Africa.[...]
Above mosquitos are springing up. Centuries ago they spread malaria here, even forcing the Spaniards to abandon the castles and fortresses. One of these little insects was responsible for the death of the greatest emperor Man has never known, Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire and I of the Spanish Empire.[...]
Doñana, the dream of a river.
The Guadalquivir’s wetlands are the most important bird sanctuary on the continent, where close to a million birds belonging to more than 300 species spend the winter, breed, or pass through every year, making this estuary Europe’s largest ecological reserve.
The purple heron is one of them.[...]
Legend has it that the Sun represents Truth, and that if you fly too close to it your wings will burn and you will fall back to Earth. That’s why their feathers burn as they fly over Doñana, and the reason why flamingos represent resurrection. Their name comes from the Latin word flamma, which means “flame”.[...]
(Scriptwriter: Fernando López-Mirones
from the narration of the film)
The Orcas hunters of giant tunas...
Ancestral techniques in fishing still being used nowadays can only be seen here...
Roman cities like Baelo Claudia, exclusively dedicates itself to the red giant fishing...
Only a reduced group of assistants will have the privilege to recreate the documentary scenes, on the same locations by the hand of its own director who will accompany us during the entire course that will be given by himself.
"I have never ever heard anything so exiting as this idea that NATURE TARIFA proposes. Going back with a reduced group of people to the " Natural scenarios" where the making of the film Ultimatuna took place, that is now being viewed on screens all over the world, it`s just like living it all over once again. All the experience that we have gained throughout the three years that filming lasted, was condensed in four intensive days, thanks to the presence of the tunas and the orca whales in these magic waters which is an annual phenomenon, but now, yes, it`s predictable. For me it`s an incredible opportunity to revive these emotions once again in a place that has no comparison in the world, because only in the Strait of Gibraltar you can find a combination of wild animals, ancestral cultures and absolute luxury, security, accessibility under an extraordinary climate. Welcome to "La Rosa de los Vientos", where the seas of two continents embrace each other, the path of the titans, the Strait of Gibraltar. "
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