Loco Films Snags World Rights to ‘Seeds of the Desert,’ Colombia’s Answer to ‘Mad Max’ (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com:

Jamie Lang Paris-based sales company Loco Films has picked up world rights to Sebastian Parra R’s Colombian low-fi sci-fi thriller “Seed of the Desert” (“Semilla del Desierto”), premiering in competition at this year’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.

Variety has been given exclusive access to the film’s trailer, seen below. The feature debuts on Monday, Nov. 18, and features a Q&A with Parra – who also wrote the film’s screenplay, producer Andrés Gómez D, cinematographer David Curto, production designer Belen Toscano y Garcia, executive producer Tatiana Ronderos, unit manager producer Cesar León and sound designer Aleix Cuaresma.

Set on a fictional desert continent, this resourceful thriller follows Caviche and Chelina, a young couple faced with a difficult decision when they discover an unexpected pregnancy.

Worried about how her violent father will react to the news, Chelina decides to get an abortion. To finance the procedure, the couple is forced headlong into the world of gasoline smuggling on a journey through a “Mad Max”-like hell.