Netflix has purchased Diego Luna‘s “Ashes” for Latin America, Spain and Portugal within the run as much as its world premiere within the Particular Screenings part on the Cannes Film Festival.
Tailored from the acclaimed novel “Ceniza en la boca,” “Ashes” follows Lucila, a younger lady who leaves Mexico together with her youthful brother to reunite with their mom in Madrid after she emigrated years earlier in quest of a greater future. However upon arriving in Spain, Lucila is confronted with a harsh and suffocating actuality far faraway from the life she had imagined. Regardless of the frustration, she stays decided to carve out a future for herself and her brother. Netflix will stream the movie in Spanish-speaking territories, together with Latin America, Spain and Portugal, in 2027 following its theatrical run.
Repped internationally by Luxbox, the movie boasts an ensemble forged led by Luisa Huertas, Guillermo Rios, Sergio Bautista, Benny Emmanuel, Teresa Lozano and Adriana Jacomé, alongside Diaz and Paz.
Luna beforehand mentioned the movie “is the result of a creative journey of independence and great freedom.”
“Ashes” was penned by Abia Castillo, Diego Rabasa and Luna. Damián García serves as director of pictures, whereas Hania Robledo Richards and Asier Musitu are the artwork administrators.
The artistic workforce additionally consists of editor Sofi Escudé, costume designer Gabriela Fernández, casting administrators Luis Rosales and Mireia Juárez, sound designer Miguel Hernández Montero and composer Raquel García-Tomás.
“Ashes” is produced by La Corriente del Golfo, Animal de Luz Movies, Inicia Movies and Perro Azul. Producers are Inna Payán, Valérie Delpierre, Luis Salinas, Diego Rabasa and Luna.
Luna, who has constructed a world profession as an actor, director and producer throughout movie, tv and theater, made his directorial debut with the documentary “J.C. Chávez,” which premiered on the Tribeca Movie Competition in 2007. His first narrative function, “Abel,” screened in Cannes’ official choice in 2010 and received the Horizontes Latinos prize on the San Sebastián Worldwide Movie Competition. He later directed “César Chávez,” which premiered at SXSW and screened on the Berlin Worldwide Movie Competition, in addition to “Mr. Pig,” which premiered at Sundance and received on the Dallas Worldwide Movie Competition.
