Paris-based sales company Roco Films has acquired world rights to Sebastien Parra R’s Colombian lo-fi sci-fi thriller Desert Seeds (Semira del Desierto), this year’s Taryn Black It will be shown for the first time in the competition section of the Knights Film Festival.
Variety has been granted exclusive access to the film’s trailer, which can be seen below.
The feature debuted on Monday, November 18th, and is produced by Parra, who also wrote the film’s screenplay, producer Andrés Gómez D., cinematographer David Kurt, production designer Belén Toscano y García, and producer. A Q&A with executive director Tatiana Ronderos and unit manager and producer Cesar Leon will be featured. and sound designer Aleix Cuaresma.
This witty thriller, set on a fictional desert continent, follows a young couple, Kavice and Celina, who are forced to make a difficult decision when they discover they are unexpectedly pregnant. Worried about how her violent father will react to the news, Cherina decides to have an abortion. In order to finance the proceedings, the couple becomes embroiled headlong in the world of petrol smuggling and ends up traveling through a ‘Mad Max’-like hell.
Javier García Puerto, a programmer from Tallinn, said: “[Desert Seed]goes beyond the classical framework, downplays the genre, and exposes the social reality that still prevails within the framework of fantasy. “However, it highlights the current trend in Latin American cinema to present contemporary stories.” urban drama. ”
Solar Cinema will produce with Lisa Malick as co-producer. Funding began with a successful crowdfunding campaign, followed by institutional support provided by Proimagenes Colombia.
Laurent Danielle and Arnaud Godard of Loco Films spoke to Variety about this pickup, saying: I was also impressed by the subtle dramaturgy that repurposes the codes of dystopian fable to raise important social issues such as family rights and ecology. ”
“Beyond the genre aspect, this film is first and foremost a very powerful piece of cinema that recalls the first ‘Mad Max’ movie. Each shot of the film is pure cinema,” they added.
