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Patra Spanou Movie has taken worldwide gross sales rights to Johanné Gómez Terrero’s coming-of-age story “Sugar Island,” which makes its world premiere in Venice Days, an unbiased sidebar to the Venice Movie Competition. The primary trailer has been launched (above).
Within the movie, an unplanned being pregnant pushes Makenya into maturity, forcing her to prematurely tackle tasks for her physique and life, which stretches her limits and permits her to unlock new ranges of understanding concerning the society she inhabits, in addition to her spirituality.
In an announcement, Gómez Terrero mentioned: “When my teenage niece turned pregnant on account of statutory rape, I witnessed how her environment shamed her as a substitute of supporting and defending her. At the moment, I used to be immersed in analysis within the Bateyes, the communities of sugarcane employees. I extrapolated this household scenario to the context of the Bateyes, and realized how widespread early being pregnant is in peripheral areas. Within the course of of making the movie, I delved into each my very own experiences and the territory, in addition to nationwide archives, establishing connections between the personal and the general public, highlighting how the society that comprises us additionally imprisons us.”
Patra Spanou, head of Patra Spanou Movie, mentioned: “Setting within the heart of her story a teen from the Gen Z, the director creates a contemporary view on the sugar island society, a younger, fashionable, various, inventive neighborhood, politically acutely aware . Makenya’s story transmits messages on migration, human rights, financial and social injustice in a contemporary accessible mode, enriched with robust photographs regardless of whether or not it’s artwork performances, vogueing, non secular celebrations or magical realism. A movie in a position to appeal to audiences of all generations, around the globe.”
The movie is produced by Fernando Santos Díaz; the co-producer is David Baute. It’s a co-production between Guasabara Cine of the Dominican Republic and Tinglado Movie of Spain. It’s produced with the help of DGcine, Fonprocine, ICAA, Programa Ibermedia, Primera Mirada and Tv Canaria.
Patra Spanou Picks Up Venice-Certain ‘Sugar Island’
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