BUENOS AIRES — Daniela Vega, star of Sebastián Lelio’s Academy Award profitable “A Improbable Girl” has boarded as govt producers of “Desierto Rosa,” the debut characteristic movie of Constanza Majluf.
Produced by Chile’s Espejismo Cine and Peru’s Mestizo Studios, “Pink Desert” (“Desierto rosa”) will topline Lola Bravo, one of many stars of Sebastián Lelio’s Cannes-selected “The Wave,” within the position of Mariola, recognized on the town as Mario, who lives in a desert mining city, in north Chile, in 1970. Invited by a theater firm of transvestites, to journey to Lima, throughout the journey Mariola begins to find who she has all the time wished to be. “Returning to Chile, a brand new period of political and social change drives her to affirm her identification,” the synopsis runs.
“Pink Desert” additionally stars Daniela Vega, Marcelo Alonso (Pablo Larraín’s “The Membership”), Mina Serrano (“Cris Miró, Ella”) and Claudia Di Girolamo (“Chromosome 21”).
“In Chile and Latin America, we’re coming into a stage similar to the one portrayed in ‘Pink Desert’ the place extremist political positions are failing to ensure the rights that started to be achieved greater than 50 years in the past. As an actress and artist, I take into account ‘Pink Desert’ pressing and essential,” stated Vega.
“The movie maintains a comedic tone blended with dramatic moments, which is what I discover most excellent about it and what attracted me to be part of it,” she added. “That is a part of our cultural identification, and it’s introduced in an trustworthy and distinctive approach.
The movie is written by Majluf and Cannes Queer Palm winner Ignacio Juricic (“Misplaced Queens”). It’s produced by the indefatigable Rodrigo Díaz, additionally behind “Do Not Let Me Die Alone,” from Chile’s Francisco Rodríguez Teare, which gained two high awards at this 12 months’s San Sebastián Co-Manufacturing Discussion board. Juan de Dios Larraín, producer of “Jackie,” “Spencer” and “Maria,” is collaborating on the mission.
Constanza Majluf Courtesy of Constanza Majluf
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Key crew takes in Sergio Armstrong as DP, recognized for his cinematography on the movies of Pablo Larraín, and Amparo Baeza (“White on White”) as manufacturing designer.
“We’re at a vital stage,” stated producer Rodrigo Díaz at Espejismo Cine. “We have now a confirmed solid with sturdy attraction each in Chile and internationally, in addition to a top-tier technical group. We plan to enter pre-production in April 2026, and to take action we nonetheless want extra sources.
“Though we’ve got secured the Function Movie Manufacturing Fund from the Chilean Ministry of Tradition, together with Juan de Díos’s collaboration, we nonetheless require additional assist to supply the movie beneath optimum circumstances. We’re notably in search of co-producers, gross sales brokers, platforms, and distributors who can be a part of the mission with their very own funds, non-public funding, pre-sales or minimal ensures.”
A Nationwide Board of Evaluation pupil grant-winning actor, screenwriter and director, Majluf started her movie profession taking part in a sister in “The Motorbike Diaries” after which a nurse on Pablo Larraín’s “Submit Mortem.” She went on to work as a second assistant director on Eli Roth’s “The Inexperienced Inferno” and “Knock Knock.” As a director scored just lately with the vertical collection “Wings of Fireplace: The Dragon Slayer Is My Ex-Lover.”
As a mission, “Pink Desert” participated within the Estelab Latin America-Europe co-production lab, Cine Qua Non Lab, Ibermedia and Fundación Carolina’s CDPAI, El Principio del Movie at Ventana Sur and this 12 months’s MAFF.
Pink Desert producer Rodrigo Díaz Credit score – Maj
