Larraín-Backed Lucía Puenzo Title ‘Los Impactados’ Drops First Look Trailer Ahead of San Sebastian Bow (EXCLUSIVE)

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Holly Jones Ahead of its world premiere at this year’s San Sebastian Horizontes Latinos strand, Buenos Aires-based production house Historias Cinematográficas has shared with Variety an exclusive first look at the trailer for Lucía Puenzo’s energetic new film “Los Impactados,” with Variety.

Produced by Historias Cinematográficas, the Puenzo family production house led by Academy Award winner Luis Puenzo (“The Official Story,” “Old Gringo”), in association with Exile Content Studio and Non Stop Studios, the project is co-produced by Juan de Dios and Pablo Larraín’s indie outfit Fábula, and turning on a study of rebirth after severe trauma.

Written by Puenzo and Lorena Ventimiglia, the singular narrative follows Ada, played by Mariana Di Girolamo who starred opposite Gael Garcia Bernal in Pablo Larraín’s “Ema,” after she’s struck by lightning and on through to her intriguing metamorphosis alongside an enigmatic and experimental doctor, played by “El Último Hereje” lead Germán Palacios, and a group of fellow survivors who find themselves increasingly drawn to electric current.

The mysterious natural phenomenon provides highly-charged commentary on self-acceptance, abandonment and society’s obsession with chemically-induced homogeneity as Ada questions the life she’s led and makes drastic strides to upend it. “Among the small group of physicians and scientists dedicated to understanding the physical and psychological consequences of a lightning strike, several argue that the strike can reconfigure an individual’s synaptic system.