Rivero discovers 'Pozo amargo'

BARCELONA -- Mexico-based shingle Una Comunion will produce "Pozo amargo," the next feature of Locarno Golden Leopard champion Enrique Rivero. Project was revealed within the twelfth Huelva Co-Production Forum, which closed Saturday. Money is near $millions of. "Pozo" might be the very first script that Rivero has written. Zamora Films co-produces. Una Comunion is seeking finance completion in the country. Along with his first feature, Rivero increased being among Mexico's foremost new left-of-area auteurs. Debut "Parque via" nabbed Locarno's top prize in 2008, the Ingmar Bergman Intl. Debut Award at Sweden's Gothenburg Fest, as well as the Audience Award within the now-defunct Mexico City Ficco fest -- last year -- among several kudos. Occur the The the spanish language language region of Castilla-La Mancha, in the real-existence village referred to as Pozoamargo, pic triggers Jesus, a man who finds out he's battling having a venereal disease, and decides to hides inside the village running using their own inner demons. "Pic is certainly an analysis of guilt, some morality and, inside the ultimate analysis, a useless sentiment," Rivero referred to. "The main character won't create a sense of audience empathy: He's an anti-hero, the choice of Beto at 'Parque.'" "Pozo" will shoot in 2013, put into two stages -- grape-picking in September, the olive-harvest within the month of the month of january. Rivero will lense his sophomore feature -- "Mai Morire" -- in February. "Morire" is co-produced by Una Comunion and Zamora Films while using support of Netherlands' Hubert Bals Fund. Pic is occur Mexico City's Xochimilco, a place whose residents travel by boat via rivers. "In the place where people live like five centuries ago, a middle-aged lady returns to think about proper proper care of her ill mother which is instructed to have a couple of serious options," Rivero referred to, saying "Morire" talks about "transcendence." Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com