Exclusive: Brazilian manager Ricardo Alvez Jr. signed to direct his third feature, The Psychological Striller French teacher, It is produced by Parisian and Justin Pechelti, based in Paris and Bordeaux.
The 1 million euro film stars Grace Pass as a French teacher, returning to her childhood home to look after her sick father, facing same-sexual relationships from her conservative neighbors.
French teacher It is made as a co-producington between Les Barserre, Brazilian Entrefilms and Portuguese Calo Films.
The film is the latest move by Megherbi and Pechberty, bringing together the film’s slate by International Auteurs. They are in Cannes and the official selection has three titles: Chilean film director Diego Cespedes’ Flamingo’s mysterious gaze Certainly, Ukraine featured documentary Militan Tropos Directors Elizabetha Smith and Simon Mozgovi are two weeks of directors and Spanish director Guillermo Galoe’s A city where you can’t sleep Critic Week.
“They represent the pursuit of film ideas as freedom and resistance, artistic, political and narrative spaces,” said their production, Maegelbi.
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