Sundance Breakout ‘Handling the Undead,’ Where ‘Dread Infuses Each Frame,’ Sells Wide for TrustNordisk (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comMarta Balaga Thea Hvistendahl’s “Handling the Undead,” fresh off its Sundance premiere, has already scared multiple buyers into submission, Variety has found out exclusively.
Starring “The Worst Person in the World’s” Renate Reinsve and sold by TrustNordisk, it has been picked up by Hungary (Vertigo Media), Benelux (September Film), Switzerland (Filmcoopi), France (KinoVista), Spain (Avalon Distribution), Korea (Pancinema), Japan (Tohokushinsha Film Corp.), Taiwan (Swallow Wings Films) and ANZ (Signature Entertainment).
Neon Rated acquired North American and U.K. rights. In the Norwegian film, Mahler and his daughter, Anna, mourn the too early passing of his grandson.
Tora says her final goodbye to her wife at the funeral home, while a family of four face a life without a wife and mother. Then, a strange electric field and collective migraine spread across Oslo on an especially hot summer day.
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