Madrid-based sales company Feel Content has picked up international sales rights to black comedy “El cuento del tío” (“Pigeon Drop”), the feature debut of Argentine writer-director Ignacio Guggiari.
An Argentina-Chile co-production, produced by Gastón Klingenfeld at Buenos Aires’ outfit Gancho, Agustín Gosende at Cooperativa Mental and Picardía Films’ Diego Rougier, “El cuento del tío” world premieres on March 5 at the 2021 Miami Film Festival edition.
The feature, which also adds doses of suspense and drama to the mix, is set in a luxurious house during a Christmas dinner, when Rodo, the family’s millionaire uncle, accidentally dies.
His relatives, in pronounced dire straits, speculate about his lavish inheritance, but everything changes when at 12 o’clock the doorbell of the house rings and a woman introduces herself as the wife of the deceased.
Mario, the family’s head, desperate at the possibility of losing everything, hides the body and forces the others...
An Argentina-Chile co-production, produced by Gastón Klingenfeld at Buenos Aires’ outfit Gancho, Agustín Gosende at Cooperativa Mental and Picardía Films’ Diego Rougier, “El cuento del tío” world premieres on March 5 at the 2021 Miami Film Festival edition.
The feature, which also adds doses of suspense and drama to the mix, is set in a luxurious house during a Christmas dinner, when Rodo, the family’s millionaire uncle, accidentally dies.
His relatives, in pronounced dire straits, speculate about his lavish inheritance, but everything changes when at 12 o’clock the doorbell of the house rings and a woman introduces herself as the wife of the deceased.
Mario, the family’s head, desperate at the possibility of losing everything, hides the body and forces the others...
- 2/26/2021
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
Similar News
Nrdc, The Black List, The Redford Center, And The CAA Foundation Announce Recipients Of Nrdc’s 2024 Climate Storytelling Fellowship
- 4/18/2024
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Blumhouse & Universal’s ‘The Woman In The Yard’ Adds Russell Hornsby
- 4/12/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO TV Show Ratings (updated 4/11/2024)
- 4/11/2024
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
‘The White Room,’ from ‘Everybody Has a Plan’s’ Ana Piterbarg, Set Up at Bikini, Picardia (Exclusive)
- 10/2/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
2014 First Time Fest Lineup Announced
- 3/21/2014
- by Max O'Connell
- Indiewire
First Time Fest – Closing Night Ceremony Report
- 4/5/2013
- by Catherina Gioino
- Nerdly
Why We'll Probably Never See Mark Wahlberg's Six Million Dollar Man Reboot
- 2/13/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
The Six Billion Dollar Man: Mark Wahlberg’s update of ’70s TV series may finally be happening
- 12/13/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Gabriel García Márquez Inspires First Floodlight Summit, Marrying Investigative Journalism With Fiction Filmmaking
- 11/27/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.