Marjorie Estiano to Star in Cristian Ponce’s ‘A Mom’s Embrace’

One among Brazil’s greatest film-TV stars, Marjorie Estiano – an Worldwide Emmy nominee for her efficiency in Globo’s “Beneath Strain” and star of Marco Dutra and Juliana Rojas’ Locarno winner “Good Manners” – is connected to take the lead in one of the awaited Latin American style movies of 2023, Brazilian horror characteristic “A Mom’s Embrace.” 

The sophomore characteristic from Argentina’s Cristian Ponce, director of Argentine style breakout “Historical past of the Occult,” the highest-rated horror title on Letterboxd’s 2021 Yr in Overview. 

“A Mom’s Embrace” is scheduled to enter manufacturing subsequent March.

It’s written by Ponce and pic’s producer André Pereira, who has Carrión at Ventana Sur’s Blood Window and whose firm, Lupa Filmes, produced “The Hint We Depart Behind,” which broke 30-year-old box-office data for a Brazilian horror film. 

“A Mom¡s Embrace” proved a spotlight a the Sanfic Morbido Lab 2022, the place it received the pitching prize. The movie is a co-production with high-profile Mexican style producer and pageant organiser Pablo Guisa at Morbido. 

It’s billed as a survival horror set in 1996 throughout one of many greatest tropical storms ever to hit Rio de Janeiro. Ana and her firefighter workforce should evacuate a nursing residence liable to its collapsing – however they quickly discover the mysterious residents in the home produce other plans.

“I’m thrilled that after working so arduous over the past couple of years on the event to get to the absolute best script, we’re about to shoot “A Mom’s Embrace” in March,” stated Ponce. 

“In some ways, this can be a very completely different problem from ‘Historical past of the Occult’ however I believe there’s a shared worldview and themes that generate a connection between each movies,” he added.

“Via my expertise with Marco Dutra and Juliana Rojas on ‘Good Manners,’ I used to be uncovered to the richness and depth that style movies can discover,” stated Estiano. 

She went on: “And now working with Cristian on ‘A Mom’s Embrace,’ I’m excited to breathe life into a personality going through traumatic relationships from her previous. It’s a fragile script, wealthy with symbolism and common themes. Dealing with our ghosts, accepting our historical past will be painful however really liberating. I’m certain will probably be a bodily and psychologically difficult expertise.·

Added writer-producer Pereira: “‘A Mom’s Embrace’ explores previous trauma and discusses the relationships that strengthen our capability to take care of ache. It has been an unbelievable alternative to create a movie with wonderful collaborators from throughout Latin America and to deliver a distinct perspective that subverts basic horror sub-genres. I’m excited for folks to get an opportunity to expertise what we’ve been engaged on.”