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Pandemic Revenge Thriller Finds International Backing
16 May
Summary
- A housekeeper's violent revenge against wealthy employers forms the plot.
- The film blends social drama, psychological thriller, and horror elements.
- International distributors Urban Factory and Fidelio Films have boarded the project.
Colombian filmmaker Mauricio Leiva-Cock's psychological thriller, "Los Eastman," is gaining international traction with sales deals secured by France's Urban Factory and Mexico's Fidelio Films. The project was selected for the Fantastic Round Robin at Cannes' Fantastic Pavilion.
Urban Factory discovered the film at Bogotá's BAM Producers Meeting, citing its ambitious approach to depicting toxic class struggle through horror elements. The narrative centers on a housekeeper trapped in servitude who unleashes a violent revenge during a pandemic, forcing her to choose between freedom and privilege.
Leiva-Cock explained that the story, co-written with Diego González Cruz, was inspired by a real newspaper article about a wealthy Bogotá family kidnapping their housekeeper during the COVID pandemic. The film evolves from a social drama into a psychological thriller, horror, and "Social Gore."
The project signifies a growing global appetite for elevated Latin American genre films that combine political commentary, suspense, and social critique. This international interest, particularly from France and Mexico, underscores the impact of Colombian cultural programs like those organized by the Ministry of Culture and Proimágenes.
