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EXCLUSIVE: Vorteks, nan genre explanation of Dubai-based income agency Cercamon, has picked up worldwide authorities to Michele Fiascaris’ psychological thriller Rain Catcher, starring UK character Dudley O’Shaughnessy successful his first starring characteristic movie role, for a Cannes income launch.
The work, which is successful post-production, extends Fiascaris’ Silver Méliès-winning short of nan aforesaid name, which premiered astatine nan Sitges Film Festival. It went connected to beryllium distributed by HBO Europe, and is presently disposable connected Disney+ successful Europe.
During development, nan characteristic was a finalist for nan Netflix + Creative UK Breakout programme and won nan NAFF Award astatine nan Sitges FanPitch successful 2022.
Against nan backdrop of a rainy, nocturnal London, O’Shaughnessy reprises his domiciled arsenic photographer Miles who obsessively captures unforgiving, morbid portraits of unaware strangers. When he’s not trading them, he shares them anonymously online nether nan moniker of “Rain Catcher.”
But soon he notices thing unsettling successful his photos: a mysterious female watching him and photographing him—turning nan lens backmost connected Miles. As her regard closes in, his world fractures—his activity is sabotaged, his sanction defamed, his loved ones endangered. Consumed by paranoia, he spirals into a dark, delirious obsession to uncover nan truth down her motives.
Polesel produces for Yellow Pill Films alongside Julien Loeffler and James Kermack for Featuristic Films. Henrik Källsson from Yellow Pill serves arsenic executive producer, alongside Keith Kehoe, David Gendron and Ali Jazayeri for TPC. Associate shaper Alba Moyano o co-created nan story.
“We are an world filmmaking squad that came together and made a British film,” commented co-writer and shaper Filippo Polesel.
“We travel from each complete Europe, but London is our location and we ever felt that our aggregate perspectives would present a movie that has cosmopolitan appeal. It is simply a communicative inspired by, arsenic good arsenic an homage to London and now, pinch our dedicated partners astatine Vorteks, we are fresh to stock our passion task pinch world viewers.”
O’Shaughnessy, whose caller credits see Netflix shows Top Boy and Mary, Mother of Jesus, first brokeout done his quality other Rihanna successful nan video for ‘We Found Love’, which drew 1.1 cardinal views connected YouTube.
He is joined successful nan formed by Jessie Mei Li (Shadow and Bone, Havoc), Iris Law (Pistol), two-time BAFTA Scotland victor Kate Dickie (Game of Thrones),Youssef Kerkour (Napoleon) and Lorenzo Richelmy (Marco Polo).
“We’re excited to person specified a unsocial and visually stunning movie for illustration Rain Catcher as portion of our line-up,” commented David Kwok, Partner, Acquisitions & Sales astatine Vorteks. “I’m assured that audiences astir nan globe will observe an breathtaking caller filmmaker sound pinch Michele. The stellar imaginative squad and formed person built a cinematic world that will springiness audiences a mysterious and thrilling experience.”
Vorteks’ Cannes slate includes nan antecedently announced SXSW hit Grind from Brea Grant and Ed Dougherty, Joan Chen-starring Taiwanese thriller The Evil Inside from Lingo Hsieh successful post-production, and Canadian psychological scary Ancestral Beasts from Tim Riedel, precocious announced to world premiere astatine nan upcoming Fantasia International Film Festival, besides successful post-production.
Additionally, Cercamon’s Cannes slate will coming Croatian play Petty Thieves from Mate Ugrin, presently successful post-production, and will proceed income connected Chinese Berlinale Perspectives animation ‘Light Pillar’ from Xu Zao, arsenic good arsenic Sundance World Dramatic Cinema Audience Award-winner Hold Onto Me from Myrsini Aristidou.
