EXCLUSIVE: Berlin-based Picture Tree International (PTI) has boarded sales on Rafaela, the debut feature from Basque filmmaker Alba Lozano, as the film starts shooting in the Basque Country in Spain.
It stars Loreto Mauleón, whose credits include Celia Rico’s period drama The Good Manners, HBO’s Patria and Netflix thriller The Snow Girl, with Nerea Sanz and Miguel Garcés,
Written by Candela Izquierdo, Gemma Urraka and Leire Albinarrate, Rafaela is set in Bilbao in 1889, inspired by a true story. The film follows the wealthy and deeply religious Rafaela seeking purpose after devastating family losses. When a baby left on her doorstep leads her to Catalina, a young woman trapped in a brothel, Rafaela takes Catalina and the baby’s mother, María, into her home.
Determined to protect and educate them, she establishes a school for vulnerable girls, but Catalina insists on choosing her own path.
Rafaela is produced by Baleuko, 11 Varas, 100 Acres and La Claqueta PC, with Belgium’s Caviar. Backing comes from EITB and RTVE, with the Basque government, the provincial council of Bizkaia and Spain’s national ICAA.
A Contracorriente Films has Spanish rights.
Picture Tree will start selling the film at the AFM.
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