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EXCLUSIVE: Epicentre Films has acquired French authorities to Mexican head Bruno Santamaría Razo’s Six months successful a Pink and Blue Building up of its world premiere successful Cannes Critics’ Week.
The woody was secured by Paris-based Luxbox which is handling world sales.
Set successful Mexico City successful nan early 90s, nan movie follows nan young protagonist Bruno.
As he turns 11, his increasing feelings for his champion friend Vladimir conflict pinch nan abrupt announcement that his begetter has HIV. Like successful salsa songs, his family tries to singing and creation their pain away. Thirty years later, Bruno films and reimagine nan representation of what he could not rather comprehend arsenic a child.
The film, which is Santamaría Razo’s features directorial debut, won 4 awards astatine Films In Progress Cinélatino Toulouse earlier being selected to compete astatine Cannes Critics’ Week.
“We instantly felt this was a natural fit for Épicentre Films,” said Corentin Sénéchal, Director of Distribution astatine Epicentre Films, describing nan activity arsenic “a film of awesome sensitivity and precision, wherever puerility is rediscovered done nan lens of adulthood.”
The company’s slate includes caller distribution slate includes Ungrateful Beings by Olmo Omerzu, Justa by Teresa Villaverde and Tereza Nvotová’s upcoming play Father.
Six Months In A Pink & Blue Building is produced by Mexico’s Ojo de Vaca Productora (Mexico) in coproduction with Desvia Films (Brazil) and Snowglobe (Denmark).
Epicentre first connected pinch nan movie erstwhile it was presented arsenic a activity successful advancement astatine Cinelatino Toulouse.
“Their enthusiasm and expertise successful queer cinema, arsenic good arsenic their acquisition distributing Latin American films—such arsenic recently A Poet—make them a cleanable lucifer for a movie like Six Months successful a Pink and Blue Building,” said Santamaria Razo.
Epicentre has group a September 1 release.
