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A picture taken on November 24, 2013 shows a general view of Playa de Santiago during the shooting of the film "In the heart of the sea" by US director Ron Howard, on the Spanish Canary island of La Gomera. With its outrigger canoes and sailing whaler anchored off the coast, a Hollywood blockbuster started shooting more than three months ago in the small port of Playa de Santiago, where the few bars and restaurants are now always full thanks to the production. A godsend, welcomed in this region of Spain battered by the crisis and an unemployment rate reaching 35.1%. AFP PHOTO / DESIREE MARTIN (Photo by DESIREE MARTIN / AFP) (Photo by DESIREE MARTIN/AFP via Getty Images)