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LOS AHOGADOS (THE DROWNINGS)
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Post-Production - SPANISH - Thriller - 90 minutes

Log Line

A novelist’s sense of reality and illusion becomes blurred when her family confronts a mysterious drowning in the pool of their home.

Year of production : 2023

Director(s) : Juan Sebastián JÁCOME, Víctor MARES
Cast : Giovanna ANDRADE, Fernando ARZE ECHALAR, Amelia YÉPEZ, Pilar OLMEDO, Diego NARANJO, Arturo CALAHORRANO, Joe HOULBERG, Diego Andrés PAREDES

Producer(s) : Irina CABALLERO (ABACAFILMS), Oderay GAME (ABACAFILMS), German TEJEIRA (RAINDOGS CINE)

Synopsis

When MARCELA, an upcoming novelist, returns home one evening with her family, she discovers that her young maid has been found dead in their backyard pool. As the days go by, the maid’s death is confirmed as a murder, Marcela’s family becomes the target of anonymous harassment, and the novelist turns increasingly paranoid. Marcela's sense of reality and illusion becomes blurred as she delves into the truth behind the mysterious death.

Production

Country(ies) : ECUADOR, URUGUAY

Financing plan : Coproducers:
Raindogs Cine (Uruguay): Co-producers Germán Tejeira / Julián Goyoaga

- Four Ventana Sur Primer Corte Awards (TitraFilm Award, Dolby Award, Le Film Français Award, LaMayor Cine Award)
- Selected in Ventana Sur Goes to Cannes, WIP of the Marché du Film of Cannes.
- Ibermedia Co-Production Fund 2022
- Three Ecuadorian Film Funding Awards (Post-production 2023, Production 2020, Screenwriting 2019)

Start of shooting : August 2022

Festivals and Awards

Ventana Sur 2023 Primer Corte


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