Kino Lorber has acquired US distribution rights to The Meltdown, Manuela Martelli’s Chilean mystery which premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at this year’s Cannes.
Kino Lorber is planning a theatrical release for the film early next year, followed by digital, educational and home video releases.
Written and directed by Martelli as the follow-up to her political thriller Chile ‘76, The Meltdown is set in nineties Chile and centres on a young girl staying at her grandparents remote Andean hotel and the teenage German girl she befriends, only to have her new companion vanish without a trace. Maya O’Rourke, Maia Rae Domagala and Saskia Rosendahl star.
The Chile-US-Spain-Mexico project was produced by Alejandra García for Ronda Cine, Alex C Lo for Cinema Inutile and Andrés Wood for Wood Producciones. It is co-produced by María Zamora for Elastica Films, Julio Chavezmontes for Piano and Pablo Díaz for Fundación Río.
The film has been sold internationally to Les Films du Losange for France, Imagine for Benelux, Trigon-Film for Switzerland, Leopardo Filmes for Portugal, Weird Wave for Greece, Chantier Films for Turkey, Bíó Paradís for Iceland, Cinobo for Poland and CIS excluding Ukraine and Universal Distribution for the Baltics.
Martelli commented: “I am very happy to be renewing our collaboration with Kino Lorber and Trigon Film, who released Chile ’76 in the United States and Switzerland. It is very encouraging to know that The Meltdown will have a life in so many territories. That is what ultimately gives a film its true meaning and purpose: reaching people.”
Kino Lorber VP of acquisitions Karoliina Dwyer added: “We are thrilled to be reteaming with Manuela Martelli, whose previous film Chile ‘76 was a hit with US critics and audiences alike. With The Meltdown, she once again brilliantly employs elements of mystery/thriller filmmaking to explore Chile’s political history from the perspective of strong and complex female protagonists.”
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