Annecy Hit ‘Nahuel and the Magic Book’ Director Germán Acuña Plans Animated Western ‘The Devil’s Vein’ (EXCLUSIVE) Variety 1 hr ago
Chile’s Germán Acuña, director of 2020 Annecy standout “Nahuel and the Magic Book,” has set his sophomore effort with “The Devil’s Vein,” a sort of “fantasy Latin American western,” according to the filmmaker.
Set at the height of the mining boom in the Atacama Desert of the 1920s, “The Devil’s Vein” follows Mercedes, a humble 16-year girl who decides to steal a mysterious piece of gold. She hopes to use it to negotiate for the life of her brother who has gotten himself in trouble with the mineral’s true owner: the devil under the desert.