Coruya Cine Boards Amazonian Noir ‘The Sugar Girl,’ Readies ‘Legions’ For Fantasia (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comHolly Jones Argentine production company Coruya Cine (“Nocturna: Side A”), led by Javier Díaz, has signed-on to co-produce “The Sugar Girl,” (“La Niña Del Azúcar”) alongside Peru’s AV Films (“Juego Siniestro”).
The project, shooting in the remote and sprawling city of Iquitos, will utilize an Amazonian cine noir aesthetic to merge the suspenseful and metaphysical components of four parallel narratives.“The space is being given to tell the stories of others.
It’s not always the narco, it’s also the one who lives in the jungle, taking another look at Latin America and who we are. Before, it seemed that Europeans were the only ones who could talk about the human condition.
Latin America also has stories to tell,” Díaz told Variety. “The Sugar Girl” writer-director Javier Velásquez Varela will lead a mix of Peruvian and Argentine talents as they unravel the mysterious facts surrounding a missing woman amidst supernatural happenings that touch on local mysticism in a city ravaged by the chaos of criminal terror.Previously pitched at the Sanfic Morbido Lab, the film joined five other projects in front of a jury that included lauded Spanish horror legend Paco Plaza.Díaz, whose focus oscillates between documentary and genre cinema, spoke to Variety about the range of genre projects Coruya boards and the care needed to see them through, “Each film is a different universe.
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