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Filmax Nabs International Rights to ‘The Virgin of the Quarry Lake’ by Helmer Laura Casabé, from a Benjamín Naishtat Screenplay (EXCLUSIVE)
Filmax has snagged international rights to pic ‘The Virgin of the Quarry Lake’ by Laura Casabe, a Sitges winner with past film ‘Los Que Vuelven.’
Expanding its lineup for Cannes this year, top Spanish indie studio Filmax has snagged international rights to feature “The Virgin of the Quarry Lake” by Laura Casabé, a notable figure in genre filmmaking who won the best director prize at Sitges in 2019 for “Los que vuelven” (aka “The Returned”). Combining folklore, coming-of-age and social horror elements, the plot centers on Natalia, a recent high school graduate who finds herself deeply infatuated with Diego, a close childhood friend. “As a female director, I found that horror movies offered me a space in which to exorcise my fears and it is for this reason I continue to work in this genre, exploring it as a language of its own and using its tools to tell stories of social drama,” said Casabé.
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