Netflix has formally introduced “My Unhappy Lifeless” (“Mis muertos tristes”), a brand new four-part horror drama miniseries helmed by acclaimed Chilean director Pablo Larraín and produced by his Chilean label Fabula in collaboration with Argentina’s Ok&S Movies, producers of the streamer’s latest international mega-hit “The Eternaut.”
The brand new collection, primarily based on the quick story of the identical title by Argentine creator Mariana Enríquez, is ready to start filming on the finish of June. Filming will happen in Buenos Aires for exteriors and Santiago, Chile for interiors.
Described as a psychological and supernatural horror story rooted in societal trauma, “My Unhappy Lifeless” attracts not solely from Enríquez’s titular story, but in addition incorporates characters and themes from her different works, together with “Julie”, “A Sunny Place for Shady Individuals” and “Again When We Talked to the Lifeless.” The story was tailored for the display screen by Enríquez herself, together with celebrated Chilean author Guillermo Calderón (“Neruda,” “The Membership”), Anastasia Ayazi and Larraín.
“My Unhappy Lifeless” contains a star-studded Argentine forged led by Mercedes Morán (“Neruda,” “The Swamp”), Dolores Fonzi (“Paulina,” “Truman”) and Alejandra Flechner (“Argentina 1985,” “The Loast Brother”), who’re joined by Carlos Portaluppi, Germán de Silva, Luz Jiménez and newcomer Carolina Sánchez Álvarez in her debut function.
Mercedes Morán, Dolores Fonzi and Alejandra Flechner
Credit score: Alejandra Lopez, Camila Fortunato
Netflix’s official synopsis reads: “Ema, a 60-year-old physician, can see and listen to the lifeless. She calls them ‘presences’ and has lived her whole life avoiding letting this reward join her with the struggling of others. However when her niece Julie, a disturbed younger lady who can even talk with the lifeless, however in a way more intense and sexual method, arrives at her home, Ema is compelled to get entangled. What begins as a household reunion turns right into a disturbing chain of occasions that alters the steadiness between the world of the dwelling and the lifeless, infecting a complete neighborhood with voices from past. Because the borders between life, loss of life and need blur, Ema should confront her previous, her daughter and the ghosts she by no means let go.”
Of the upcoming adaptation, Larraín mentioned: “Mariana’s writing is especially visible, at all times sensible and at all times harmful. It’s an off-the-cuff, home horror that conjures up and can encourage many movie and tv variations. I’m grateful to Netflix for the chance to work with this staff of individuals I love and who will undoubtedly do every little thing potential to make the perfect miniseries potential.”
Enríquez expressed her personal pleasure, “I’m very joyful that Pablo Larraín and Fabula are giving me the glory of adapting my tales right into a single miniseries. I personally take pleasure in variations; I feel they’re readings, and I even have excessive expectations for this studying of ‘My Unhappy Lifeless.’ Your entire course of was very calm and respectful, and the truth that it’s being launched on a platform with the attain that Netflix has is breathtaking, together with the satisfaction of manufacturing domestically in Latin America.”
Francisco Ramos, VP of Netflix Latin American Content material, emphasised the platform’s dedication to regional storytelling: “Our rising dedication to the perfect Argentine tales takes on added that means with the addition of one among Latin America’s most essential administrators behind this new undertaking. Working with Pablo Larraín to deliver Mariana Enríquez’s tales to the display screen appeared like a pure match.”
“My Unhappy Lifeless” is produced by Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín and Ángela Poblete, with government manufacturing by Álvaro Cabello and Cristián Donoso. Key division heads embrace Sergio Armstrong (cinematography), Rodrigo Bazaes (manufacturing design), Waldo Salgado (assistant director) and Alejandro Sensible (manufacturing director).
