Galician folklore is at the center of upcoming Spanish-Portuguese horror movie The Open Body, and Variety reports that Filmax has picked up the international rights.
First-time Spanish director Ángeles Huerta‘s movie is a “horror story set in the early 20th century and plumbing Galician folklore,” Variety details this afternoon.
The film “tells the story of Miguel, a teacher whose logic and scientific methodology is called into question when he comes face to face with the beliefs and superstitions of a small village on the gloomy border between Galicia and Portugal.”
Tamar Novas (“Cocaine Coast”), María Vázquez and Antonio Duran (“Eye for an Eye”) star.
“It’s a story of passion, identity and borders and boasts a powerful, gothic aesthetic,” Adrià Monés at Fasten Films said, adding that it is “a horror film based on age-old traditions and its own mythology, where the line between life and death is completely blurred.”
Variety notes, “Buyers will have the opportunity to watch a first promo at this year’s Malaga Festival Spanish Screenings, which run March 21-24.”