Thursday, March 24, 2016

3.24 Unearthed Films Takes Luciano Onetti's "FRANCESCA":


Press Release: Unearthed Films has acquired North American distribution rights to FRANCESCA, a new giallo film from the argentinian brothers Luciano and Nicolás Onetti (Sonno Profondo, 2013). The film had its world premiere at SITGES Film Festival in October (2015).

“Francesca” was also acquired by Mad Dimension (Germany), Regia Films (Spain) and The Ecstasy of Films (France). The film is actually represented by United Kingdom based company Jinga Films.

Synopsis: It’s been 15 years since the disappearance of little Francesca, daughter of the renowned storyteller, poet and dramatist Vittorio Visconti, and the community is stalked by a psychopath bent on cleaning the city of “impure and damned souls”. Moretti and Succo, questioned by the ineffectiveness of the police force, are the detectives in charge of elucidating the mystery surrounding these “Dantesque” crimes. Francesca seems to have returned, but she is not the same girl who everyone knew…

Written by: Luciano/Nicolás Onetti - Directed by: Luciano Onetti... Cast: Gustavo Dalessanro, Raul Gederlini, Silvina Grippaldi, Luis Emilio Rodriguez and Evangelina Goitia...