Patra Spanou Film has taken worldwide gross sales rights to Johanné Gómez Terrero‘s coming-of-age story “Sugar Island,” which makes its world premiere in Venice Days, an impartial sidebar to the Venice Film Festival. The primary trailer has been launched (above).
Within the movie, an unplanned being pregnant pushes Makenya into maturity, forcing her to prematurely tackle obligations for her physique and life, which stretches her limits and permits her to unlock new ranges of understanding in regards to the society she inhabits, in addition to her spirituality.
In an announcement, Gómez Terrero mentioned: “When my teenage niece grew to become pregnant on account of statutory rape, I witnessed how her environment shamed her as an alternative of supporting and defending her. At the moment, I used to be immersed in analysis within the Bateyes, the communities of sugarcane employees. I extrapolated this household scenario to the context of the Bateyes, and realized how frequent early being pregnant is in peripheral areas. Within the course of of making the movie, I delved into each my very own experiences and the territory, in addition to nationwide archives, establishing connections between the personal and the general public, highlighting how the society that incorporates us additionally imprisons us.”
Patra Spanou, head of Patra Spanou Movie, mentioned: “Setting within the middle of her story an adolescent from the Gen Z, the director creates a contemporary view on the sugar island society, a younger, fashionable, various, artistic neighborhood, politically acutely aware. Makenya’s story transmits messages on migration, human rights, economical and social injustice in a contemporary accessible modus, enriched with sturdy photos regardless of whether it is artwork performances, vogueing, spiritual celebrations or magical realism. A movie capable of entice audiences of all generations, world wide.”
The movie is produced by Fernando Santos Díaz; the co-producer is David Baute. It’s a co-production between Guasabara Cine of Dominican Republic and Tinglado Movie of Spain. It’s produced with the assist of DGcine, Fonprocine, ICAA, Programa Ibermedia, Primera Mirada and Tv Canaria.
