In yet another alliance forged between European and Latin American producers at Cannes, France’s Lilith Films has boarded Chilean drama “A Woman Wants to Die” (“Una mujer quiere morir”), a co-production involving Chile (Niña Niño Films), Argentina (Gualicho Cine) and Brazil (Superfilmes).
It stars one of Chile’s most bankable stars, Paulina Garcia (“Gloria”), who recently announced her directorial debut feature at Cannes. Singer-actress Dindi Jane plays opposite her.
Constanza Figari will direct from a screenplay she penned, which she said is tied to a teen fantasy she had about taking her own life.
“I began writing this screenplay when I was still deeply connected to the adolescent fantasy of wanting to die, and I saw suicide as the rawest and most nihilistic expression of what I understood freedom to be,” she told Variety.
“Today, several years later, after having a child with my wife, I find myself questioning freedom once again, especially when it comes to ending one’s own life. Since then, these two perspectives have been in conflict within me, transforming this project into a profound conversation between a mother and daughter, both of whom are me.”
