San Sebastian Entry ‘A Loose End,’ from ‘The Candidate’ Helmer Daniel Handler, Boarded by ‘Sleepwalkers’ Tarea Fina (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comJohn Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Argentina’s Tarea Fina, a producer on Cannes Camera d’Or winner “Las Acacias,” International Oscar entry “The Sleepwalkers” and Ventana Sur hit “Sublime,” has boarded “A Loose End,” the third feature as a director from Uruguay’s Daniel Hendler, a Berlin Silver Bear winner for Best Actor in Daniel Burman’s 2004 international breakout “The Lost Embrace.” Set up at Montevideo’s Cordon Films, founded in 2007 by producer-TV director Micaela Solé and Hendler, “A Loose End” (“Un cabo suelto”) is one of the highest-profile projects announced on Monday by the San Sebastián Festival as part of its Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum, its industry centerpiece.
Written by Hendler, his third directorial outing returns to a central theme in his first two features as a writer-director: Identity.
In his 2011 debut, “Norberto’s Deadline,” a loser real estate agent discover his true calling and more confidence as an actor.
2017’s “The Candidate,” a Miami Festival best director winner, sees a millionaire with no ideological conviction – “I’d rather be “I’d rather be extremely left-wing or right-wing than in the center” he says – brings in.
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