Netflix Argentinian family drama “27 Nights,” directed by Daniel Hendler (“Norberto’s Deadline,” “The Candidate”) will open the San Sebastián Film Festival on Sept. 19, playing in competition. The opening night gala screening will mark the film’s world premiere.
One of Hanway Films big sales plays at Toronto and slice of Polish period neo-noir, “Winter of the Crow,” from Poland’s Kasia Adamik, will close San Sebastián on Sept. 27.
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Hendler, a filmmaker and actor who won Berlin’s best actor award for Daniel Burman’s “The Lost Embrace,” will also star in “27 Nights,” based on the same titled novel by Natalia Zito, inspired in turn by a real-life case. The film turns on a 88-year-old millionaire who is interned by her daughters against her will in a psychiatric ward. Co-starring Marilú Marini, “27 Nights” is produced by Netflix and Buenos Aires-based La Unión de los Ríos, founded by Agustina Llambi Campbell and Santiago Mire, and behind Mitre’s Oscar-nominated “Argentina, 1985.”
World premiering at Toronto’s prestigious Platform competition, “Winter of the Crow” stars Lesley Manville as a London-based academic invited to give a lecture in Poland in December 1981, as the Solidarity movement flowers in te country prompting the Soviet regime’s introduction of martial law. Described as a cat and mouse thriller, “Winter of the Crow” is a Poland, Luxembourg, U.K. co-production produced by Wild Mouse Production, Film Produkcja, Iris Productions and Film and Music Entertainment.
The opening and closing selections can be read several ways. “27 Nights” can be seen beyond the film’s quality as a act of support for Argentina’s film industry as state-support contract dramatically. Closing night status for “The Winter of the Crow” suggests is perceived broad audience appeal.
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