In an acquisition which underscores the often shared sensibility between Canal+, France’s biggest pay TV operator, and Movistar Plus+, the largest Spanish pay TV player, Canal+ has acquired Canneseries winner “The Left-Handed Son” (“El hijo zurdo”), a Movistar Plus+ original series.
The series will bow on Canal+ on April 5 in a deal brokered by Movistar Plus+ International.
A psychological thriller with a lyrical undertow which surfaces to moving effect in key scenes, “The Left-Handed Son” marks the auspicious directorial debut of Rafael Cobos, the career-long co-scribe of Alberto Rodríguez, from 2005’s “7 Virgins” through international hit “Marshland” to 2017’s “The Plague,” still one of the biggest series which Movistar Plus+ has ever made.
World premiering at Canneseries in April 2023, “The Left-Handed Son” went on to win best series in the TV festival’s short form competition.
Produced with Átipica Films and co-directed by Paco R. Baños, who helmed four of its six episodes,...
The series will bow on Canal+ on April 5 in a deal brokered by Movistar Plus+ International.
A psychological thriller with a lyrical undertow which surfaces to moving effect in key scenes, “The Left-Handed Son” marks the auspicious directorial debut of Rafael Cobos, the career-long co-scribe of Alberto Rodríguez, from 2005’s “7 Virgins” through international hit “Marshland” to 2017’s “The Plague,” still one of the biggest series which Movistar Plus+ has ever made.
World premiering at Canneseries in April 2023, “The Left-Handed Son” went on to win best series in the TV festival’s short form competition.
Produced with Átipica Films and co-directed by Paco R. Baños, who helmed four of its six episodes,...
- 4/4/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
MADRID -- Spanish distribution house Sogepaq announced Thursday the sale of U.S. rights for Alberto Rodriguez's Spanish boxoffice and San Sebastian festival hit 7 Virgins to independent Picture This! Entertainment, which will release the film next year under its coming-of-age label. The deal was negotiated by Picture This! president Douglas Witkins and Sogepaq head of international sales, Sophie de Mac Mahon. 7 Virgins, the surprise hit of the fall in Spain, premiered in the Toronto Film Festival and competed in San Sebastian, where 17-year-old Juan Jose Ballesta took home the best actor award.
- 12/15/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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