FilmSharks Pounces on World Sales Rights to Lucia Puenzo’s ‘Los Impactados’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comAnna Marie de la Fuente Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks, led by CEO Guido Rud, has pounced on world sales rights to Lucia Puenzo’s “Los Impactados” on the eve of the American Film Market (AFM) where it will kick off sales.
Delving into the theme of rebirth in the face of profound trauma, “Los Impactados” follows Ada, portrayed by Mariana Di Girólamo (Pablo Larraín’s “Ema” ), whose unusual journey begins when she is struck by lightning, leading her on a fascinating transformation alongside a mysterious doctor, played by Germán Palacios, the lead from “El Último Hereje.” Along the way, she forms a bond with a group of fellow survivors who find themselves increasingly captivated by the power of electricity.
In an earlier interview with Variety, Puenzo, who co-wrote the screenplay with Lorena Ventimiglia, said she was intrigued by “the possibility that something as random as lightning could strike us with the force of a nuclear reactor, marking our body with that rhizomatic scar called the Lichtenberg Mark, the electrical path that electricity makes when passing through a body.” However, “we discover that ‘Los Impactados’ isn’t a movie about being struck by lightning, what its protagonist discovers on this journey is something else,” she added.
The drama was produced by Pepe Puenzo at Historias Cinematográficas, the Puenzo family’s production shingle led by Academy Award winner Luis Puenzo (“The Official Story”) alongside Academy and Emmy award-winning producer Mark Johnson (“Breaking Bad”) and Paula Manzanedo (“Memory,” “La Caida”), with the support of Exile Content Studio and Non Stop Studios.
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