Darkish Star, Lighthouse Take North America, Germany on ‘The Aged’

Darkish Star has closed North America on Spanish horror movie “The Aged” (“Los viejos”) which world premiered at Montreal’s Fantasia Pageant profitable lead Zorion Eguileor finest actor for what Selection referred to as his “disturbing but unusually affecting flip.” 

Directed by Raul Cerezo and Fernando González Gómez, “The Aged” went on to display screen at Austin’s Implausible Fest and Spain’s Sitges Movie Pageant, finishing a status style fest trifecta. 

In additional gross sales, Lighthouse has taken on German-speaking Europe, while Artistic Century has acquired rights for Taiwan.

The movie stars Eguileor, memorable in Netflix mega-hit “Platform, in addition to Gustavo Salmeron (“Numerous Children,” “A Monkey and a Citadel”), Paula Gallego (“The Passenger”) and Irene Anula (“Vampiro”). It’s produced by Jose Luis Rancaño at Individuals Movies and Mamen Espinosa at La Dalia Movies.

“The Aged” tells the story of an 80-year-old man, Manuel, who begins to endure what appears to be dementia  following the suicide of his spouse, Rosa. Mario, his son, decides to deliver his dad to dwell together with his household, regardless of his pregnant spouse’s opposition. 

The household’s new association will proceed to go downhill with a sequence of paranormal occasions which endanger the household, till it reaches boiling level on the most well liked night time of the century.

“‘Viejos’ is borne from that feeling that now we have damaged too many ties [with nature]. I imagine that we people undergo life oblivious to many issues and we proceed to advance, stepping on every part and everybody, with out concern of something,” González Gómez instructed Selection. “By the point we attain outdated age and mirror again, it’s already too late,” he added. 

“‘The Aged’ is having a rare run internationally, having been chosen for among the most prestigious worldwide style festivals,” mentioned Ivan Diaz, head of worldwide at Filmax. 

“We’re delighted by this and by our purchasers’ response to the film, which has drawn plenty of consideration. Style movies at all times work effectively for us, however this one, moreover being entertaining and boasting all of the routine and key components of a horror movie, additionally permits the viewer to mirror on the function we give as a society to the oldest amongst us,” he added.

The finished movie has been made out there to consumers at this 12 months’s American Movie Market, which runs Nov. 1-6.  

Filmax took on world gross sales for the movie in Might, introducing into consumers on the Cannes Movie Market.