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Cannes Critics’ Week Title ‘Simon of the Mountain,’ Starring ‘El Angel’s’ Lorenzo Ferro, Swooped On by Luxbox (EXCLUSIVE)
Co-written by ‘The Snatch Thief’s’ Agustín Toscano, the film marks the feature debut of Argentinean Toronto, IDFA winner Federico Luis.
The anticipated first feature of Argentina’s Federico Luis, “Simon of the Mountain” was announced Monday as one of seven movies confirmed for main competition at this year’s Cannes Critics’ Week. Co-written by Federico Luis, the film’s editor Tomás Murphy and Agustín Toscano, helmer of Directors’ Fortnight title “The Snatch Thief” who also figures in the film’s key cast, “Simon of the Mountain” stars Lorenzo “Toto” Ferro, one of Argentina’s most rated young actors after his breakout performances as Argentina’s most notorious serial killer in Cannes 2018 Un Certain Regard player “El Angel” and then in “El Marginal” Season 3. Ferro plays Simon, 21, a lonely only son who falls in with a group of discapacitated kids, thanks to whose friendship he flowers, discovering love, sex and a sense of belonging.
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