Luxbox Takes ‘Toll,’ the First Feature from ’The Orphan’s’ Carolina Markowicz (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comJohn Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentParis-based sales company Luxbox has acquired world sales rights to “Toll,” an involved, discomforting social drama that marks the highly-anticipated feature film debut of Brazilian-based writer-director Carolina Markowicz, hailed especially for her short “The Orphan,” which won Cannes 2018 Queer Palm.Produced by Karen Castanbo at Brazil’s Bionica Films – and part of its remarkably broad slate of more mainstream propositions and new voices – as well as Luis Urbano at Portugal’s O Som e la Fúria, and now in pre-production, “Toll” will be brought onto the international market by Luxbox at the Cannes Marché du Film Online, which runs June 22-26.Told with dashes of sly humor, and a large emotional.
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