Argentina’s AZ Films has boarded the English-language The Elf (El Duende), a horror parable lead-produced by Bogota and Cali-based 64A Films, Variety reports.
Written by Alonso Torres (Dog Eat Dog) and Laila Burbano, “The Elf turns on Camila a young city-based woman who takes a trip to Colombia’s idyllic del Cauca. The trip is meant to bring the family together, after her breakdown. But Camila loses her son and, falling under the influence of a dark spirit, battles to stop herself turning into a force for evil that will tear apart the bonds holding her family together.”
A quick search on Google leads me to believe a Duende is an international version of a Leprechaun.
It marks the second solo feature from Jorge Navas, who debuted with 2009 Venice Days player “Blood and Rain.”
Coursing through The Elf are many of the tensions etched into Colombia’s collective psyche by an end of 50-years of civil conflict – the idea of making a new start; the fear of inexorable evil.
“I am interested in the human struggle to maintain spiritual integrity and mental balance when one is attacked,” Navas noted in BAM catalog production notes.