Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Nocturna,” an Argentinian-made fantasy film that played last month in the Shanghai International Film Festival’s midnight fantasy section, has been picked up by Chinese company Naropean.Naropean, which shares executives with HGC Entertainment, one of the more prominent Chinese IP groups, has taken rights for China, Asia and Oceania, as well as remake rights.
The deal represents one of the few rights deals struck so far at the Cannes Market with a Chinese buyer.Directed by Gonzalo Calzada, “Nocturna” is actually a pair of films where events are told from the a different point of view.
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