Darkish Star, Lighthouse Take North America, Germany on ‘The Aged’

Darkish Star has closed North America on Spanish horror movie “The Aged” (“Los viejos”) which world premiered at Montreal’s Fantasia Competition successful lead Zorion Eguileor finest actor for what Selection referred to as his “disturbing but surprisingly affecting flip.” 

Directed by Raul Cerezo and Fernando González Gómez, “The Aged” went on to display at Austin’s Improbable Fest and Spain’s Sitges Movie Competition, finishing a status style fest trifecta. 

In additional gross sales, Lighthouse has taken on German-speaking Europe, while Artistic Century has acquired rights for Taiwan.

The movie stars Eguileor, memorable in Netflix mega-hit “Platform, in addition to Gustavo Salmeron (“A lot of Children,” “A Monkey and a Citadel”), Paula Gallego (“The Passenger”) and Irene Anula (“Vampiro”). It’s produced by Jose Luis Rancaño at Individuals Movies and Mamen Espinosa at La Dalia Movies.

“The Aged” tells the story of an 80-year-old man, Manuel, who begins to endure what appears to be dementia  following the suicide of his spouse, Rosa. Mario, his son, decides to carry his dad to reside along with his household, regardless of his pregnant spouse’s opposition. 

The household’s new association will proceed to go downhill with a sequence of paranormal occasions which endanger the household, till it reaches boiling level on the most well liked evening of the century.

“‘Viejos’ is borne from that feeling that we’ve damaged too many ties [with nature]. I imagine that we people undergo life oblivious to many issues and we proceed to advance, stepping on every part and everybody, with out concern of something,” González Gómez advised Selection. “By the point we attain previous age and mirror again, it’s already too late,” he added. 

“‘The Aged’ is having a unprecedented run internationally, having been chosen for a few of the most prestigious worldwide style festivals,” stated Ivan Diaz, head of worldwide at Filmax. 

“We’re delighted by this and by our purchasers’ response to the film, which has drawn a whole lot of consideration. Style movies all the time work effectively for us, however this one, apart from being entertaining and boasting all of the ordinary and key components of a horror movie, additionally permits the viewer to mirror on the position we give as a society to the oldest amongst us,” he added.

The finished movie has been made accessible to consumers at this 12 months’s American Movie Market, which runs Nov. 1-6.  

Filmax took on world gross sales for the movie in Could, introducing into consumers on the Cannes Movie Market.