The Latin American distributor has acquired North and South American sales rights to the title, now in post-production, at the Santiago Film Festival
\n\nLatin American distributor Cineplex has picked up both North and South American sales rights to “La Residencia,” Mariel Garcia Spooner’s follow up to hit “Algo Azul.”
\n\n“La Resdemcia” has just participated in the Sanfic Industria‘s WIP Iberoamericana section, a competition of films from Latin America, Spain and Portugal screened in post-production at the industry arm of Santiago de Chile’s Sanfic festival.
\n\nDirected by Panamanian filmmaker García Spooner, the dramedy follows three women friends in their mid-sixties who join forces in order to jointly face their money troubles and reinvent their future by creating a social club for seniors.
\n\nSaid Cineplex managing partner Diana Dudek, who works alongside co-founder-general manager Elba McAllister: “We have known Mariel for several years and have been working with her since her first film, ‘Algo Azul.’ We like her way of telling entertaining, relatable stories with a deeper underlying message.”
\n\n“With ‘La Residencia,’ from the moment we read the screenplay, we immediately connected with the story of these three friends who, at a more mature stage of their lives, decide to reinvent themselves…
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