Portmanteau films have a bit of a hit-and-miss history. For every New York Stories, there’s a Four Rooms.
But the risk clearly isn’t putting off Javier Bardem, Wim Wenders, Fernando Leon, Isabel Coixet, Mariano Barroso and Javier Corcuera, who are putting together just such a movie - albeit a much more serious effort - with the working title Invisibles.
Their various entries will tackle the world’s overlooked conflicts and the human suffering they cause. The subjects include sleeping sickness in Africa, Uganda’s young soldiers, a documentary about displaced Columbians and Wenders’ film about violence against women in the Congo.
The plan is to release the pic next year, to coincide with the 20th anniversary of Spain’s Medicos Sin Fronteras, the country’s contribution to Doctors Without Frontiers.