Locarno Competition Title ‘De Noche Los Gatos Son Pardos’ Swooped On by Open Reel (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comJohn Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentEnergetic Italian sales agent Open Reel has closed world sales rights to Valentin Merz’s “De noche los gatos son pardos,” which will world premiere in this year’s Locarno Festival International Competition.
One of two first features in Locarno’s main competitive section, “De noche los gatos son pardos” (“At Night All Cats Are Black”) returns to Europe’s largest mid-Summer film event after winning the biggest prize last year at its First Look pix-in-post showcase focused on Swiss movies.That prize went to the section’s boldest entry, a genre mashup of film shoot drama and comedic procedural which proves an ode to sexuality in its multiple manifestations, as well as to love and filmmaking.
Shot through with a meta conscience, “De noche…” turns on a highly disparate crew and cast shooting a sexually-souped costume drama in wooded hills.
Suddenly, its director, Valentin disappears. Clodhopping local cops interview the crew, as Robin, the film’s DP and Valentin’s lover, travels to the Pacific-shore Mexico to fulfil a promise.
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