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Latido Film Sales takes on José María Cabral’s ‘Sh*t Happens’
Dominican filmmaker José María Cabral’s first dark comedy, ‘Sh*t Happens,’ is set to premiere in competition at Tallinn’s Black Nights Film Festival.
Madrid-based Latido Film Sales has taken on the film ahead of that premiere.
The story follows a wealthy family in the Dominican Republic whose daughter is sick.
Her father, a biotechnologist, finds a cure inside Lidia, the family’s nanny.
When Lidia and another household worker realize the value of what they provide, they challenge the family’s social hierarchy.
The film uses absurd humor to examine class, dependence and power in households where domestic workers are essential but treated as socially subordinate.
Madrid-based Latido Film Sales has acquired José María Cabral’s dark comedy “Sh*t Happens.”
The film is set to have its world premiere in competition at Tallinn’s Black Nights Film Festival.
Produced by Rafael Elías Muños and Sárah Pérez Báez for Lantica Studios, it is Cabral’s first dark comedy.
The story follows a wealthy Dominican family whose biotechnologist father seeks a cure for his sickly daughter inside her nanny.
Cabral said the film explores class and social hierarchy through comedy.
- Who
- Madrid-based Latido Film Sales acquired the film by Dominican filmmaker José María Cabral.
- What
- Latido Film Sales took on “Sh*t Happens,” a dark comedy about class and power in a Dominican household.
- When
- The acquisition was announced ahead of the film’s world premiere.
- Where
- The film is set in a Dominican household and is scheduled to premiere at Tallinn’s Black Nights Film Festival.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
This film is brilliant, the premise is original, provocative, and performances are great; it is not only entertaining, but also has a deep clever analysis of class and racism that makes you think after you’ve seen it.
You laugh first, and maybe a second later you ask yourself why you were laughing.
It’s supposed to make you uncomfortable and hopefully be provocative.
Variety reported that Latido Film Sales had acquired the film ahead of its world premiere.
Sh*t Happens” was set to screen in competition at Tallinn’s Black Nights Film Festival.
- Film title
- Sh*t Happens,” formerly known as “Gut Feelings
- Sales company
- Latido Film Sales, based in Madrid
- Director
- José María Cabral
- Production company
- Lantica Studios
- Producers
- Rafael Elías Muños and Sárah Pérez Báez
- Premiere
- Tallinn’s Black Nights Film Festival competition
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