Spanish show star Paz Vega has been tapped for the topline “Loss of life Has No Grasp,” from the Venezuelan director Jorge Thielen Armand, who was chosen to participate in the Venice Manufacturing Bridge’s Hole-Financing Market down from August 30 – September 1. .
The film follows a Venezuelan woman, Carolina (Vega), who returns to the country after 20 years abroad, only to discover that her family’s cacao plantation has been taken over by former employees, who are determined to stay at any cost. In the cat-and-mouse recreation that ensues, he reveals a brutal aspect of himself as he tries to bring justice to a lawless land.
Producer Stefano Centini, of Italy’s Rome-based Volos Movies, said it could be a “breakthrough” position for the Spanish celebrity, who recently made his directorial debut, “Rita,” at the Locarno Movie Competition’s Piazza Grande. Armand added: “We are used to seeing Paz Vega as the epitome of grandeur and glamour, and this could be a film where we will see her in the mud.”
“Loss of life Has No Grasp” was written and directed by Armand and produced by La Faena Movies, Fait Divers Media, Volos Movies Italia, Tres CinematografĂa, Whiskey, Su Dosis, Paloma Negra, Deal Productions, Mutokino and Japonica Movies. Armand’s debut, “La Soledad,” was screened at the Venice Film Competition in 2016, while his second feature, “La Fortaleza,” was screened at the Tiger Competition in Rotterdam in 2020.
Armand’s third feature evokes the emotional journey of a filmmaker who fled his country almost twenty years ago, and has spent years since “bouncing around, trying to get somewhere closer to Venezuela,” says the director. Election.
Now mainly based in Italy, he said he shares the emotions of so many exiled citizens who are “ready to see if things will be different, with the dream of returning one day.”
“This is my story, but it’s also the story of 8 million other Venezuelans,” he said. “I really like (Carolina) represents the fear and purpose of many people who leave, who leave problems, who leave their land or household, friends, and have concerns to return and not know what they can find.”
Armand left Venezuela almost twenty years ago.
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“Loss of Life No Grasp” comes at a time of unrest in Venezuela, which has been crippled by a crippling financial crisis for more than a decade, forcing many to adopt determined measures. The director said he tried to make a film that explores the gray area of ​​ethics, targeting “people who are looking for themselves and people who make mistakes and individuals who do questionable things.”
“For me, the theme of this film is justice,” he said. “This is a film where the characters are left to take justice into their own fingers,” he says of the path where violent punishment is “irreversible.” “This, after all, happened in Venezuela. But I think that this can be a factor that happens all over the world, justice in places is changing to be more malleable.
Centini, who spent 15 years in Taiwan before returning to manage the Italian arm of the manufacturing company two years ago, said the venture came at the right time as he began to focus on Europe and Latin America. Producer credits include Felipe Gálvez’s Chilean Western “The Settlers,” which premiered at Cannes’ Un Sure Regard part final 12 months, and Argentine director Eduardo Williams’ docu-drama “The Human Surge 3.”
“Loss of life Has No Grasp” is currently organized as a six-country co-production between Venezuela, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Spain and Canada, the final through La Faena Movies, a company based in Toronto. founded in 2015 by Armand and Rodrigo Michelangeli.
“Venezuela, every time for the political theme, but also for the country scenario, cannot be the main financing country of the film,” said Centini, who added that the producers wanted to cover the last 20-25% of the film. finance, with plans to enter manufacturing in the first quarter of 2025.
While the filmmakers are exploring the potential of shooting in Colombia, the place Armand recently filmed the short film “Pasta Negra” with “Loss of Life Has No Grasp” DoP Simone D’Arcangelo, they are also “potentially different,” according to Centini.
Producers can be in Venice with a trio of films, along with Singaporean film producer Yeo Siew Hua competing for the Golden Lion “Stranger Eyes,” Horizons participant “Hoping on a Star,” from PĂ©ter Kerekes, and Hayoun Kwon “Guardians of the Jade Mountain,” premiering in competing VR competition.
