DeAPlaneta leads Shochiku up 'Blind Alley'

SITGES, The nation -- Japan's Shochiku has acquired all Japanese rights towards the the spanish language language horror film "Blind Alley," which world preems competing Friday within the Sitges Festival.Spain's DeAPlaneta closed the sale. It adds with other pre-sales struck on "Alley" before DeAPlaneta needed on sales duties round the title, such for Mexico (Corazon Films), Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia.The feature debut from the the spanish language language film author-switched director Antonio Trashorras, whose credits just like a scribe include Guillermo del Toro's 2001 "The Devil's Backbone," "Alley" triggers a young cleaning lady within an off-season hotel in Benidorm who accidentally locks herself up inside the laundry by getting an apparent psycho-killer."'Blind Alley' observes the recommendations in the horror genre: It takes place several evening, there's an attractive girl in distress, together with a threat inside the shadows," mentioned Gorka Bilbao, DeAPlaneta sales professional.Cuban-born Ana p Armas, among Spain's fastest-rising youthful film/TV stars ("Sex, Party and Lies," "7 days in Havana"), plays the youthful lady. Chile-born Leonor Varela ("Edge II," "Arrested Development") and Colombian TV and film actor Diego Cadavid ("Lots of Luck") co-star."Alley" is produced by Miguel Angel Faura's Roxbury, among Spain's top quality-genre producers, TV-switched-film production house Esa Mano Amiga and Antena 3 Films, co-producer of Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's current The the spanish language language chart-topper "Criminals," additionally to Dynamo Capital, Colombia's finest private equity finance finance film fund.Dynamo has rights to Latin America, DeAPlaneta for the relaxation around the world outdoors The nation, Bilbao mentioned.After Sitges, "Alley" will next be seen at Fanomenon in Leeds inside the U.K. Market premiere will probably be at November's American Film Market.Catalonia's Sitges fest shuts Saturday. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com