On the arid island of Fuerteventura, Miguel and his daughter Mariana try to move on after his wife dies, a loss that has cast them both adrift. Canarian wrestling is their refuge, their way to make a place for themselves in the world. But Miguel’s body is starting to fail, and Mariana’s rage pushes her to break the rules. With the championship final just around the corner, father and daughter must find their way back to one another before it’s too late.
José Alayón (Arona, Spain. 1980) made his directorial debut in 2013 with the feature film Slimane. Since then, he has developed a career as executive producer at the head of his company El Viaje Films, which has produced films including Dead Slow Ahead (Mauro Herce, 2015), Special Jury Prize in Cineasti del Presente at the Locarno Festival, and Blanco en blanco (Théo Court, 2019) Best Director Award and FIPRESCI Prize in the Orizzonti section of the Venice Festival. He was also the director of photography on titles such as the self-same Blanco en Blanco and Eles Transportan a Morte (Samuel M. Delgado, Helena Girón, Ikusmira Berriak, 2017, Zabaltegi-Tabakalera, 2021). La lucha is his second feature film as a director.
FilmographySlimane (feature film, 2013)
Dead Slow Ahead (feature film, 2015)
Eles transportan a morte (short film, 2017)
Blanco en blanco (feature film, 2019)
La lucha (feature film, 2026)
