Bendita Film Sales Nabs The Saint of the Impossible, Launches Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)
Emiliano De Pablos, provided by
Feb. 2, 2021
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Spain’s Bendita Film Sales has picked up worldwide sales rights to coming-of-age drama “The Saint of the Impossible,” the feature debut of Swiss director Marc Wilkins. Variety has had exclusive access to the film’s trailer.
Based on a novel by Dutch writer and New York Times contributor Arnon Grunberg, “Saint” toplines Peru’s Magaly Solier (“The Milk of Sorrow”) and Tara Thaller, star of HBO’s Croatian TV drama “Success.”
Set in New York City, the story, that takes in a murder and a police raid, focuses on teenage twins Paul and Tito, virgins and illegal immigrants that believe adulthood will cure all their woes.
film profile]) runs a small-scale trout farm in a secluded valley nestled in the Jura mountains (in the village of Seehof, to be specific). It’s exhausting work and the days feel never-ending. Judith is raising her daughter Milla on her own, a curious and creative child who’s full of life and who knows the nature around them better than anyone. Standing alongside the mother-daughter duo we find Gabriel, Judith’s devoted assistant who is looking to rebuild a life for himself following his release from prison. Despite leading what appear to be radically different lives, Judith, Milla and Gabriel seem to have found their own equilibrium based on a level of mutual affection which only increases with time. A tragic event, however, destroys this nigh-on idyllic picture in brutal and unexpected fashion, tearing the daughter away from her mother in just a matter of minutes. The only person Judith believes she can count on for support is Gabriel but, unfortunately, owing to his direct