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Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks has closed deals announced at the Toronto Film Festival for Spanish romantic drama “All That We Never Were” (“Todo lo que nunca fuimos”).
Based on the best-selling novel by Alice Kellen,
the film sold to Swift for France and French-speaking territories and to MVP for India and the Indian subcontinent.
A further theatrical deal for Latin America is “imminent,” as is a Pay-1 deal for the region currently in the works with a top streaming platform, said FilmSharks CEO Guido Rud.
Directed by Jorge Alonso, who co-wrote with Sara Belloso, “All That We Never Were” stars Maxi Iglesias (“Point Nemo,” “The Cook of Castamar”), Margarida Corceiro (“Point Nemo”) and Sebastián Zurita (“How to Survive Being Single”).
Shot along Spain’s scenic northern coast, across San Sebastián, Zumaia and Zarautz, as well as in Madrid, the film follows Leah (Corceiro), a young aspiring painter who is struggling to recover from the accident that claimed her parents’ lives.
When her brother moves away, he asks his best friend Axel to look after her. Axel wants to help her find the girl she used to be, unaware that she has always been in love with him. Caught between closeness and what’s forbidden, their relationship begins to shift, blurring the lines of what it’s supposed to be.
“All That We Never Were” is the first installment of Kellen’s “Let It Happen” (“Deja que ocurra”) duology — “a novel that has moved millions of readers of all ages with its blend of tenderness, grief, love, family, travel and hope,” Rud noted.
Warner Bros. Pictures Spain released the film domestically in June. “All That We Never Were” is produced by Versus Entertainment, Lyo Media and Bixagu Entertainment in co-production with Elephantec Global and CRE84U, and with the participation of HBO Max and Warner Bros. Pictures Spain.
FilmSharks and Warner Bros. previously collaborated on the global success “Ask Me for Anything” (“Pídeme lo que quieras”), which sold worldwide.
