Lionsgate Films To Release Diego Luna’s Film Abel
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on January 23, 2011 - by Heather
January 11, 2011 - Finally, someone has grabbed up actor Diego Luna’s directorial debut Abel. Pantelion Films of Lionsgate announced today that they will be distributing the Spanish-language film in partnership with Grupo Televisa.
The film centers on a young boy who must take over as the head of the family after his father goes missing... this film should have made waves in the film community after debuting at Sundance, but it’s flown under the radar until now.
Luna, a prolific and underrated actor, seems to have made a film worth watching, as most of the reviews are positive. Not only does the film sound heartbreaking, those who have seen it describe it as part fable, part psychological drama about the repercussions of having an absent father. Anne Thompson even went so far as to call him the “director discovery of the festival [Sundance]” after she first saw the film.
Abel will come out on March 4.