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‘Respira’ (‘Breathe’) Brings Horror to the Countryside [Images]

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The film Respira (Breathe), directed by Gabriel Grieco was one of the seven films selected to participate in the “Upcoming Fantastic Films” section at Marché du Film (Cannes Film Festival) this year.

We now have the first stills and poster for the third film by Grieco, director of Still Life and Hipersomnia.

In the film, ” Leonardo gets a job as a fumigator pilot in the soybean fields and moves with his family to the countryside. When he starts working, he discovers a dark secret that will put him and his family in danger.”

Respira stars Sofía Gala, Lautaro Delgado Tymruk, Leticia Brédice, Gerardo Romano, Nicolás Pauls, Paula Brasca, Daniel Valenzuela, Chucho Fernández, Joaquín Rapalini, and Walter Jakob.

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Amblin Movie ‘Thursday Murder Club’ Sounds Like ‘Knives Out’ Meets ‘Cocoon’

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Chris Columbus (Gremlins – writer, Home Alone – director) is headed back into the director’s chair for Thursday Murder Club, Amblin’s upcoming feature film adaptation of the same-titled novel written by Richard Osman. Variety first reported the news this morning.

It’s not a horror movie, mind you, but rather a star-studded murder-mystery. Think Rian Johnson’s Knives Out… only this particular murder-mystery is set in a retirement community!

Variety details, “The book, released in 2020, tells the story of four septuagenarian friends who live in a retirement community and solve cold cases for fun. When a shady property developer is found dead, the four find themselves in the middle of their first live crime.”

Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley are “being eyed” to lead the cast!

Richard Osman’s 2020 novel was such a hit that it launched a franchise. Follow-up The Man Who Died Twice followed in 2021, with The Bullet That Missed coming along in 2022. And then there was The Last Devil to Die in 2023, with a fifth book in the series expected in 2025.

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