Filmax Takes Global Rights to Raucous Spanish Comedy ‘Hotel Bitcoin’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comJamie Lang Leading Spanish sales agent Filmax has picked up global rights to the local comedy “Hotel Bitcoin,” which will get its market premiere screening at the American Film Market in November.
The “Hotel Bitcoin” synopsis reads: “‘Hotel Bitcoin’ is the story of four friends, 4,000 bitcoins and one laptop. In order to protect their dough, they’ll have to deal with parties, loansharks, love, crime and a whole lot of crazy.
If they can just hold out in a hotel until Monday, they’ll be on top of the world.” Produced by Ídolo Films, La Canica Films and Golpe de Cripto, the feature stars several Spanish and beyond comedy regulars including Marta Hazas (“My Fault”), Mauricio Ochmann (“Friends Till Death”), Pablo Chiapella (“The Night my Dad Saved Christmas”) and Alejo Sauras (“Estoy Vivo”). “In these challenging times we’re living through, we believe that what the world needs most is comedy and we’re sure that ‘Hotel Bitcoin’ will allow audiences to leave their problems outside the movie theatre for an hour and a half,” said producers Producers Bea Bodegas and Paloma Tejero. “This film is an ode to friendship.
An outlandish thriller that takes the viewer on a wild and crazy ride where boredom is not an option. We wanted to make a movie that was just pure entertainment.
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