FilmNation Leisure has boarded “La Ola (The Wave),” a musical concerning the 2018 pupil feminist protests in Chile directed by Sebastián Lelio. The corporate is launching worldwide gross sales exterior of Latin America at Cannes, the place the movie will premiere within the Cannes Premieres part.
Lelio gained the Oscar for finest worldwide function for “A Unbelievable Girl.” His different credit embrace each the Chilean movie “Gloria” and its English-language remake “Gloria Bell,” in addition to “Disobedience” and “The Marvel.”
“La Ola” stars newcomers Daniela López, Avril Aurora, Lola Bravo and Paulina Cortés. It’s produced by Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Rocío Jadue and Lelio. Fabula additionally produced the film, which is co-financed by Participant and Fremantle. The screenplay was written by Lelio, Manuela Infante, Josefina Fernández and Paloma Salas. “La Ola” was shot on location in Chile over 9 weeks.
The movie follows Julia, a music pupil drawn into the rising pupil motion at her college. It options authentic compositions, collaboratively created by 17 Chilean musicians, together with Ana Tijoux, Camila Moreno and Javiera Parra, accompanied by award-winning composer Matthew Herbert, who labored on “Disobedience” and “Gloria Bell.” The musical numbers are choreographed by acclaimed choreographer Ryan Heffington, who has labored with worldwide artists comparable to Sia, Florence and the Machine, and Christine and the Queens, along with his involvement within the sequence “Euphoria” and “Clear” and the movies “Tick, Tick…Growth!” and “Child Driver.”
FilmNation just lately backed “Anora,” which gained finest image at this yr’s Oscars, in addition to “Conclave,” an acclaimed thriller that was nominated for a number of Academy Awards.
