Variety reports that Guido Rud’s Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks International has acquired global sales and remake rights to renowned Latin American genre director Fernando Spiner’s latest feature Immortal, which participated in this year’s Blood Window Showcase at the Cannes Film Market.
In the film, “Ana returns to Buenos Aires to claim her inheritance. While looking through her father’s things, she meets his close friend Dr. Benedetti. A scientist, Benedetti has discovered a doorway to another dimension which allows Ana to reconvene with the dead.
“Ana predicts a scam, but the proposition quickly shifts to opportunity for the woman to change her life entirely.”
The film’s cast is lead by Argentine Academy Award-nominated actress Belén Blanco (El punter) and twice-nominated actor Daniel Fanego (Everybody Has a Plan).
Variety also shares the first photos from Immortal, currently in post-production, which screened first-look footage in Cannes, garnering extensive international attention.
“I conceived this story impelled by the commotion that the death of my father caused in me,” Spiner explained.
He added: “The emotion pulsating throughout the film is the trauma caused by the loss of someone dearly beloved. That feeling grows even more when there are unsettled matters, or if it wasn’t possible to say goodbye the way you’d have wished.”
Produced by Spiner’s Boya Films, it’s scheduled for a second quarter 2020 release.
