“Samana Sunrise”
FilmSharks has taken the world sales on “Samana Sunrise,” a dramatic thriller-comedy starring Luis Tossar and adapted by Cancún", the 2008 play by Jordi Galceran. In a separate deal, Universal Pictures took Spain and shall release the film in Spain on 8 November, and Movistar+ took Spain’s PAYTV/SVOD rights for pay1.
The movie written and directed by Rafa Cortés, focuses on two couples of friends, Ale (Luisa Mayol, "Quien A Hierro Mata”) and Santi (Luis Tosar "Celda 211"), Natalia (Bárbara Santa-Cruz), and Mario (Luis Zahera, "As Bestas"), celebrate their twenty years together with a vacation in Samaná. They catch up, party, and reconnect. Ale, fueled by rum and the happiness of being with her friends, decides it's time to confess that, on the night they all met, she cheated to end up with Santi but initially flirted with Natalia while Mario was trying to connect with her. Ale assumes that after twenty years of their relationship, they will take her confession as a small mischief that was the first step toward everyone's happiness. But things don't go as planned, and the night ends in great disappointment.
"Samana Sunrise" was filmed in authentic locations in Samaná, Dominican Republic, and in strict chronological order to facilitate a working process based on the actors' improvisation, keeping the plot's content alive and changing throughout the shooting. The result is performances filled with truth and complicity, with actors moving surprisingly easily outside their usual comfort zones.
The film is a Spanish-Dominican co-production by Ron Vino y Miel AIE, A Name Like This, Materia Cinema, Quexito Films, and Federation. Guido Rud, CEO & Founder of FilmSharks sayd: "'Samana Sunrise' is high concept film with several layers and rich in flavors like comedy, romance, drama, thriller and 'reality shifting'. We feel the film can easily become a local hit with Universal, but also it can travel internationally relying on its own storyline power and top tier Spanish cast. Also we foresee major companies chasing the remake rights."
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