Patra Spanou Movie has acquired worldwide gross sales rights to Johanné Gómez Terrero’s coming-of-age story Sugar Island, which will probably be launched in The movie had its world premiere at Venice Days, an unbiased spin-off of the Venice Movie Pageant. The primary trailer has been launched (above).
Within the movie, an sudden being pregnant thrusts Markonia into maturity, forcing her to take untimely accountability for her physique and life, pushing her limits and making her query the society she lives in and her spirituality. new understanding.
“When my teenage niece turned pregnant on account of statutory rape, I witnessed how the surroundings round her shamed her as an alternative of supporting and defending her,” Gomez-Trero mentioned within the assertion. I used to be immersed in analysis into the Bateyes sugar cane employee group. I extrapolated this household state of affairs into the Bateyes context and realized how widespread early pregnancies had been within the surrounding space whereas creating the movie. Delving deeply into her personal experiences and territories, in addition to nationwide archives, she attracts connections between the non-public and the general public, highlighting how the societies that include us imprison us.
Patra Spanu, head of Patra Spanu Movie Firm, mentioned: “The director takes a Era Z teenager as the middle of the story and creates a brand new perspective on Sugar Island society. It is a younger, fashionable, A various, artistic, and politically conscious group, Makenya’s tales convey messages about immigration, human rights, financial and social injustice in a contemporary and accessible approach, whether or not in artwork performances, style, non secular celebrations or. Magical realism, all full of highly effective imagery, a movie that can enchantment to audiences of all generations all over the world.
The movie is produced by Fernando Santos Díaz; co-producer is David Bout. The movie is co-produced by Guasabara Cine of the Dominican Republic and Tinglado Movie of Spain. Its manufacturing was supported by DGcine, Fonprocine, ICAA, Programa Ibermedia, Primera Mirada and Tv Canaria.
