Reel Suspects Acquires Renata Pinheiro s Sci-Fi Thriller King Car (EXCLUSIVE)
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Reel Suspects has acquired world rights to Renata Pinheiro’s sci-fi thriller “King Car,” which recently world premiered at Rotterdam in the big screen competition.
The elevated genre movie revolves around Ninho, the son of a taxi company owner who has an extraordinary connection with cars and can talk to them. Ninho became friends with the car that saved him from a traffic accident as a child, and now he can also hear the old wrecks complain about the law banning them from the roads. Together with his uncle, Ninho converts the write-offs into futuristic vehicles with consciousness.
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A depressed town in Kosovo feels even more restrictive when a teenage girl starts to feel her oats, breaking down patriarchal restraints.
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Director: Norika Sefa
With: Kosovare Krasniqi, Rozafa Çelaj, Erjona Kakeli,
Basri Lushtaku, Bleon Monolli, Fatushe Nushi, Ajan Zharku, Ermal Bilalli, Tristan Halilaj, Shend Miftari, Anisa Ismajli, Sheqerie Buqaj, Kosovare Murseli. (Albanian dialogue)
Running time: Running time: 111 MIN.
Variety
Rites of passage, teenage girls in small towns, strict and uncomprehending parents: We know the drill, yet few films riffing on the subject get the mood and ambiguities as right as “Looking for Venera.” , ensuring the story is grounded in a particular place while making her protagonist a readily identifiable, highly sympat