Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentBrussels-based company Best Friend Forever has acquired “Medusa,” a timely drama directed by rising Brazilian helmer Anita Rocha da Silveira.
The film will world premiere at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight. “Medusa” marks Da Silveira’s follow up to her critically acclaimed feature debut “Kill me Please” which premiered at Venice in 2015 and went on to play at SXSW and New Directors/New Films, among other festivals.
Da Silveira was previously at Directors’ Fortnight with her 2012 short “The Living Dead.”Set in contemporary Brazil, “Medusa” tells the story of 21-year old Mariana, who belongs to a world where women must always look perfect.
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