Flavio Alves' debut feature, The Garden Left Behind, starring Michael Madsen, has been picked up by Hewes Pictures for all international distribution rights outside North America.
The film also stars Carlie Guevara, Ed Asner and Danny Flaherty. The story revolves around a young Mexican trans woman and her grandmother who navigate life as undocumented immigrants.
The Garden Left Behind, which was written by John Rotondo alongside Alves, won the audience award at SXSW in 2019 and other awards in the Nashville Film Festival, the Sunscreen Film Festival and the Fargo Film Festival.
The deal was negotiated by the film's producer Roy Wol; Hewes’ acquisition executive, Josh Guttman; and Hewes' head of sales and acquisitions, Princeton Holt.
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