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Year of Production 2011

Verbo

English title: Verbo
Original title: Verbo
German title: Verbo
Spain, 2011

Director: Chapero-Jackson, Eduardo
Production company: Apaches Entertainment
Co-producers: Telecinco Cinema, AXN, Canal+ Spain
Age recommendation: 14 years and up

Synopsis:
The young teenager Sarah feels out of touch with the world she lives in. Neither her school, her friends nor her family understand her, and she is desperately seeking a meaning in her life. A series of mysterious graffiti messages around the city become the catalyst for a fast-paced adventure in an unknown and sinister underworld, where Sarah has to come face to face with her own despondency. But she is helped by a secret resistance group led by the enigmatic Liriko, and together they take up the fight against darkness. 'Verbo' is a Spanish fantasy film along the lines of Neil Gaiman's 'Neverwhere', and it uses its imaginative and beautiful setting to discuss the serious existential questions that most teenagers try to grapple with.

Marketing strategies:
30.000 admissions in Spain.

Festivals:
San Sebastian 2011, Sitges 2011, Buster Copenhagen 2012

World sales address/es:
Filmax International (E)

Sold to:
Aurum (Esp)