Andalucian village is painted blue for new Smurf film

Malaga is famous for its “pueblo blancos”, the little white villages dotted across Andalucia’s mountains. But now Sony Studios have painted Júzcar, near Ronda in Málaga, bright blue, to celebrate the upcoming release of the new Smurf movie.

Juzcar is the world’s first Smurf Village and was chosen by Sony as the location for the film’s premiere. It took a dozen painters and over 4,000 ligres of bright blue paint to paint over the village’s traditional white houses and turn them into blue Smurf homes.

“The Smurfs 3D” is released next month, and it’s a comedy hybrid of live action and animation, where the little blue creatures mingle with real life actors. It’s release date in the UK is on 29th July.

Th Smurf Village which is 113 kilometres from Malaga, will stays blue until September. After that, Sony will repaint the whole village white again.

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