Giving life to a real person who survived one of the most extreme mountaineering tragedies in Catalonia is a challenge that goes beyond acting. In Balandrau, vent salvatge, Álvaro Cervantes steps into the shoes of Josep Maria Vilà, the only survivor of the tragedy. His first contact with the story came through the documentary about the events. "I was very impressed by his mental strength to endure everything he endured," he explains.

"I remember entering the refuge and bursting into tears, thinking, 'Wow, we're saved. We won't die now,'" says Marta Valls (Barcelona, ​​1974). She is one of the survivors of the tragedy that, exactly 25 years ago, left nine dead in the eastern Pyrenees, in the Ripollès region, amidst the most extraordinary and fateful weather event ever recorded in the Catalan mountains. Barcelona.