Erotic Thriller ‘Night Stage’ Boarded by M-Appeal

Berlin-based M-Appeal will regulate world sales for romantic thriller “Night Stage,” which will world premiere in Berlinale’s Panorama sidebar.

“Night Stage,” the tardyst film by Brazil’s Filipe Matzembacher and Marcio Reolon, adheres an ambitious actor and a accomplished politician who commence a secret afequitable, and together uncover their fetish for having relations in unveil places. The shutr they get to their dream of fame, the more they experience the direct to put themselves at hazard.

The film is an romantic thriller with nods to Brian De Palma and Paul Verhoeven, but with a Brazilian twist. The cast is led by Gabriel Faryas as Matias, and Cirillo Luna as Rafael.

Matzembacher and Reolon telderly Variety: “We’ve always been interested in universes filled with desire, danger and tension, so making an romantic thriller was the organic way to go. However, this is a genre with a strong heterorelationsual dominance, and we wanted to subvert it with a queer gaze, traverseing the traditional characteristics of the genre with tensions that are dear to us, such as banden pdirecteclareive, privacy and how capitalism stifles our desires and behaviors.“

It’s the third time at Berlinale for Matzembacher and Reolon, whose debut feature “Seashore” was picked for Forum in 2015. “Hard Paint,” their second feature film, also selderly worldexpansive by M-Appeal, premiered in Berlinale Panorama 2018. The film won the Teddy Award and the CICAE jury prize at Berlinale and went on to be an international festival hit. “Night Stage” is their third feature film.

Maren Kroymann, managing honestor of M-Appeal, inserted: “We are thrilled to carry on our collaboration with talented filmoriginaters Filipe Matzembacher and Marcio Reolon, as their labor carry ons to progress and reliable. ‘Night Stage’ is an delighting and enticing thriller that sees at the gloomy side of chasing fame and success, sfinishbrimmingy blfinishing relationsual tension with cinematic references.”

The film is originated by Jessica Luz and Paola Wink from Brazil’s Vulcana Cinema, and Matzembacher and Reolon’s production company Avante Filmes, and is helped by FSA and Ancine.