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‘I’m Still Here’ Producer RT Features Joins Gabe Klinger’s Wine World Dramedy ‘Isabel,’ Urban Sales Brings Film to EFM (EXCLUSIVE)
Brazil's RT Features backs Gabe Klinger's São Paulo-set wine dramedy 'Isabel,' about a woman risking everything to open a wine bar.
Brazil’s RT Features, producer of Walter Salles’ Oscar-nominated “I’m Still Here,” is backing “Porto” director Gabe Klinger ‘s São Paulo-set wine world dramedy “ Isabel,” which is currently in post-production. In the film, a woman endangers her sanity and relationships to open an independent business, which Klinger alludes is “a thinly veiled metaphor for filmmaking.” Career passion, financial setbacks, and determination play large parts in “Isabel.” “Isabel courts an investor for her project, but a deal never takes shape. For Klinger, who hails from São Paulo himself, shooting in his hometown allowed him to reflect on two generations of families who have lived in the center of town and claim it as part of their identity.
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