Gael Garcia Bernal to topline “El Ardor” modern-day WesternApril 30, 2013 - 15:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Participant Media is reteaming with No star Gael Garcia Bernal on El Ardor, the first film from their joint Participant PanAmerica initiative, The Hollywood Reporter said. Billed as a modern-day Western, the action-adventure stars Garcia Bernal opposite Alice Braga. Writer-director Pablo Fendrik (Blood Appears, The Mugger) is shooting the film in Argentina. The feature is described as a tale of survival and revenge set in in the Amazon jungle. Garcia Bernal plays a mysterious man who emerges from the Argentinean rainforest to rescue the kidnapped daughter (Braga) of a poor farmer after mercenaries murder her father and take over his property. Ardor is being financed through Participant PanAmerica, with Argentina's Magma Cine, Brazil's Bananeira Filmes and France's Manny Films co-producing. BAC Films is handling international sales, excluding North America and Latin American, and will shop the project to foreign buyers at the upcoming Cannes Film Market (sales commenced at AFM in the fall). Juan Pablo Gugliotta and Nathalia Videla Pena and Garcia Bernal serve as the film’s producers. Participant’s Jeff Skoll and Jonathan King are executive producing alongside Canana's Pablo Cruz and Telefe's Axel Kuschevatzky. Launched earlier this year, Participant PanAmerica is an initiative to develop and finance 10 to 12 films over five years with Mexico’s Canana, Chile’s Fabula and Colombia’s Dynamo. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Seven injured in massive gas station explosion in Armenia The Investigative Committee of Armenia has unveiled details about a massive explosion at a gas station on the Yerevan-Sevan highway. Pashinyan’s spokesperson denies intention to visit Baku for COP29 Pashinyan’s agenda doesn’t include a trip to Baku for the COP29 conference, his press secretary Nazeli Baghdasaryan has said. Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said. Lithuania sending €100,000 to help Armenia fight floods consequences Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. |