CAA-Signed Deal Productions, Adso, A Punt Board ‘Death in Torrevieja,’ Adriana Arratia’s Flamboyant Feature Debut (Exclusive)

“Death in Torrevieja,” the anticipated first feature of Adriana Arratia expanding on her eye-catching same-titled 2023 short, has tied down its first international co-production accord, with Luxembourg’s Deal Productions.

Founded by “Bad Banks’ actor Désirée Nosbusch and Alexandra Hoesdorff (“High Fantasy”) and signed by CAA in 2024, Deal is behind love story “Poison,” starring Tim Roth and Trine Dyrholm, Western adventure “Flatland,” which opened the 2019 Berlinale Panorama and Toronto-selected “Souvenir,” toplining Isabelle Huppert.

Attracting further upstream partners, usually a very good sign for a film still in development, “Death in Torrevieja,” a 2025 Berlinale Talent Project Market title, is set to be distributed in Spain by Adso whose releases take in Oscar laureate “Flow” and Cannes Uncertain Regard winner “Pillion.”

In another move, Valencia-based pubcaster À Punt has pre-bought free-to-air TV rights.

Starring Caterina Hurtado, who fronted the short, and Ana Maria Jimenez (“Simon el Mago”), “Death in Torrevieja” is produced by…