Paz Lázaro’s Amore Cine Signs Chilean Road Movie ‘A Thousand Pieces’ (Exclusive)

Paz Lázaro from Madrid-based Amore Cine is at the Venice Film Festival presenting “Kill the Jockey” by Luis Ortega and “Quiet Life” by Alexandros Avranas. She has also joined Sergio Castro San Martín’s “A Thousand Pieces” (“Mil pedazos”), which is currently filming in Chile.

Amore Cine is collaborating with Argentina’s Bikini Films and Pan Contenidos, Spain’s Maluta Films, and Castro San Martín’s Chilean company Latente Films, co-founded with Eduardo Pizarro. The co-production is scheduled to wrap up in early October.

“A Thousand Pieces” is a road movie following Isabel (43) and Miguel (53) as they prepare for a vacation with their only daughter, Emilia (9). Miguel is excited, seeing this trip as an opportunity to mend his relationship with Isabel. However, Isabel sees no solution to their crisis. Emilia, enthusiastic about the adventure, captures the desert scenery with her Cybershot camera, but their journey takes a tragic turn midway.

The cast includes Daniel Muñoz as Miguel, Paola Giannini as Isabel, and Emilia Rodriguez as Emilia.

The editing of the film is being handled by Victoria Lammers, known for her work on Oliver Stone’s “Snowden” and Asghar Farhadi’s “Everybody Knows”.

Castro San Martín is also gearing up to film his next project, “Il Cileno,” in Turin, Italy. This movie is a co-production involving Chile’s Equeco, Italy’s Disparte, and Cinédokké of Switzerland.

“Il Cileno” is set in 1976 during a series of mining protests. It tells the story of Aldo, a young Chilean explosives expert who is exiled from his home country. Aldo is forced to leave his home, wife, and newborn son, and scrape by in Turin with low-wage jobs. His life changes dramatically when he meets a doctor involved with anarchist groups. She offers him a chance to reunite with his family in Italy, but only if he goes back to making bombs for revolutionary causes.

Since his directorial debut with “El Paseo” in 2009, Castro San Martín has created several films and TV shows, notably the acclaimed “La Jauria” limited series for Fabula and Fremantle. His 2015 feature “The Mud Woman” (“La mujer de barro”) was showcased at the Berlinale Panorama, where Lázaro was a long-time programmer. Castro expressed happiness over Lázaro joining the production, saying they have kept in touch since then.

Lázaro previously headed content and acquisitions for Exile Content Studio, which co-produced the two films she’s presenting at Venice. The absurdist comedy “Kill the Jockey,” competing for the Golden Lion, premiered on Aug. 29. It’s produced by Argentina’s Rei Pictures and Infinity Hill. “Quiet Life” by Alexandros Avranas, competing in Venice’s Horizons section, also premiered on Aug. 29.

“Kill the Jockey” reportedly received a five-minute standing ovation at the Venice Biennale and is set to have its North American premiere at the Toronto Film Festival (TIFF).

Castro San Martín is represented by Constanza Arena of Agencia de Luz.

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