In one more alliance forged between European and Latin American producers at Cannes, France’s Lilith Movies has boarded Chilean drama “A Woman Wants to Die” (“Una mujer quiere morir”), a co-production involving Chile (Niña Niño Movies), Argentina (Gualicho Cine) and Brazil (Superfilmes).
It stars certainly one of Chile’s most bankable stars, Paulina Garcia (“Gloria”), who recently announced her directorial debut feature at Cannes. Singer-actress Dindi Jane performs reverse her.
Constanza Figari will direct from a screenplay she penned, which she mentioned is tied to a teen fantasy she had about taking her personal life.
“I began writing this screenplay when I was still deeply connected to the adolescent fantasy of wanting to die, and I saw suicide as the rawest and most nihilistic expression of what I understood freedom to be,” she advised Selection.
“Today, several years later, after having a child with my wife, I find myself questioning freedom once again, especially when it comes to ending one’s own life. Since then, these two perspectives have been in conflict within me, transforming this project into a profound conversation between a mother and daughter, both of whom are me.”
“That eternal contradiction, that distant possibility of encounter and understanding, has always been the driving force behind this film,” she added.
It follows Fernanda (33) who has a demise want. Her causes are unclear however her mom Susana will do all the pieces in her energy to cease her. She takes Fernanda to a seashore home to maintain a better eye on her however whereas there, she should resolve whether or not to betray her daughter or respect her want to die on her personal phrases.
Niña Niño Films, led by Roberto Doveris, developed the darkish comedy, which aligns with the corporate’s give attention to sturdy auteur and LGBTQ+-themed tasks.
In line with Doveris, he met Lilith Movies’ Caroline Piras on the Marché du Movie simply the opposite day the place they agreed to co-produce “A Woman Wants to Die.”
“We first met at the Paris-Uruguay co-production meetings at Faro José Ignacio Film Festival (Uruguay), and we have been talking ever since,” he mentioned. Amongst Lilith Movies’ credit are Dénes Nagy’s WWII drama, “Natural Light.”
“At Niña Niño Films, we seek to work with women directors and members of the LGBTQ+ community, which is why we approached Constanza, who had already demonstrated a fully mature and daring vision of pregnancy and abortion in her first film, ‘7 Weeks,’” Doveris mentioned.
He added: “At the same time, we were drawn to the possibility of making a dark comedy about suicide that reflects on freedom and death. The moment we realized that the protagonist had to be the mother, we thought of Paulina García, an exceptional actress capable of navigating the space between drama and comedy, which is the film’s greatest challenge.”
Niña Niño Movies can be creating fiction sequence “Tough Skin (“Cuero de chancho”) with Alicia Scherson (“The Future,” “Play”) directing from a screenplay by Enrique Videla, Francina Carbonell and Ignacio Juricic.
The undertaking was supported by CNTV (Chile’s Nationwide Tv Council) and is led by showrunner Valentina Muhr.
Impressed by an precise case within the Nineties, it tracks a lesbian assassin who disguises herself as a person to flee detection, whereas a dogged feminine detective infiltrates a brothel the place the homicide occurred.
“A Woman Wants to Die” is backed by the Chilean Movie Fund, Ibermedia and Brazil’s Ancine.
‘A Woman Wants to Die’ Courtesy of Niña Niño Movies
