Highland Film Group has sold the horror film Rosario to a slew of international territories as the Berlin Film Festival and its market kicked into gear.
Felipe Vargas’ directorial debut from a script by Alan Trezza, which recently wrapped production, stars Emeraude Toubia, Oppenheimer actor David Dastmalchian, Jose Zuniga, Emilia Faucher and Paul Ben-Victor.
Highland Film Group on the weekend unveiled rights deals with Splendid Film for Germany and the Benelux, Galapagos Films for Poland, Spentzos Film for Greece, MovieCloud for Taiwan and Vietnam and MVP for Malaysia. There are also sales to Silverline Multimedia for the Philippines, PT Prima Cinema Multimedia for Indonesia, PictureWorks for India and Falcon Films for the Middle East.
Rosario stars Toubia in the titular role as a successful Wall Street stockbroker forced to spend the night with the body of her estranged grandmother Griselda after she abruptly dies. While waiting for the ambulance and her father Oscar, played by Zuniga, twisted and menacing supernatural forces possessing Griselda’s corpse begin their assault on Rosario as she becomes the target of a deadly family curse that spans generations.
Rosario is produced by Silk Mass’ Jon Silk and Mucho Mas’ Javier Chapa and Phillip Braun. The film is executive produced by Highland Film Group’s Arianne Fraser and Delphine Perrier, as well as Toubia, Bruce Barshop, Vincent Cordero, Simon Wise and Kristopher Wynne.
Mucho Mas Media financed and produced the film, which began production in Bogota, Colombia and included additional camera work in New York City.
“With the help of our terrific international partners, we look forward to introducing this smart and chilling film to audiences around the world,” said Highland Film Group COO Delphine Perrier.