Waiting for the premiere of his first feature “Once Upon a Time in the Andes,” presented at Chile’s Sanfic Industria, Peruvian helmer Rómulo Sulca Ricra is already developing his next project. Under the working title “Ayahuanco,” it will focus on a man who, after living in Europe, comes back to Peru.
“He left because of the political situation in the country – his mother was forcefully sterilized as part of former president Alberto Fujimori’s 1990s birth control policy. Now, she is dying of ovarian cancer,” says Sulca Ricra, calling his new endeavor “ambitious.”
“It will be a road movie! It will take place in Lima, Ticlio, we will start from the Pacific coast and move through the Peruvian Andes and the jungle. This character gets to know himself again upon his return, gets to know his roots and discovers new details about his parents. His father was a part...
“He left because of the political situation in the country – his mother was forcefully sterilized as part of former president Alberto Fujimori’s 1990s birth control policy. Now, she is dying of ovarian cancer,” says Sulca Ricra, calling his new endeavor “ambitious.”
“It will be a road movie! It will take place in Lima, Ticlio, we will start from the Pacific coast and move through the Peruvian Andes and the jungle. This character gets to know himself again upon his return, gets to know his roots and discovers new details about his parents. His father was a part...
- 8/20/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Los Angeles-based Dark Star Pictures has acquired the North American distribution rights to Chilean LGBTQ Comedy Phantom Project following its North American Premiere at the Seattle International Film Festival 2022.
Dark Star is planning a September 2022 theatrical release for Phantom Project in New York City, Los Angeles and additional markets across the country, with the on demand and digital release to follow.
In Phantom Project, we follow Pablo, a young actor who dreams of starring in a film, but in order to pay the bills he has to work as a simulated patient in medical schools and in weird sessions of alternative therapies.
“Roberto has masterfully crafted a story of human affection, that we can all relate to.” Said Dark Star President Michael Repsch. “This heartwarming film connects to our times more than ever as we recover from the pandemic, and truly shows the importance of connectivity.”
The movie is...
Dark Star is planning a September 2022 theatrical release for Phantom Project in New York City, Los Angeles and additional markets across the country, with the on demand and digital release to follow.
In Phantom Project, we follow Pablo, a young actor who dreams of starring in a film, but in order to pay the bills he has to work as a simulated patient in medical schools and in weird sessions of alternative therapies.
“Roberto has masterfully crafted a story of human affection, that we can all relate to.” Said Dark Star President Michael Repsch. “This heartwarming film connects to our times more than ever as we recover from the pandemic, and truly shows the importance of connectivity.”
The movie is...
- 4/29/2022
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
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