Spain births a creepy kid thriller
Filmax is in pre-production on Childish Games with writer-director Antonio ChavarrÃas. The Spanish thriller will star Juan Diego Botto and The Skin I Live In‘s Bárbara Lennie. Filmax recently gave us Kidnapped and has Rec 3: Genesis.
Because this is a recently announced title, due to have a presence at the American Film Market, we have a lengthy synopsis and sales art.
Daniel receives an unexpected, and unwanted, visit from a friend who he hasnât seen since his childhood. His friend is obsessed with his daughter and insists that Daniel has to meet her. Daniel does his best to get rid of him and tries to forget the incident. That same night his friend commits suicide.
Laura, Danielâs wife, suggests they go to his friendâs funeral. There they meet his daughter, a little girl, barely seven years old, who since the death of her father has been taken into foster care. Laura convinces all parties that the best thing is for the little girl to go and stay with them.
But the little girlâs presence in the house starts to have an adverse effect on the couple when fears and memories which Daniel thought he had long since buried start to come creeping back inside his head. The same obsessions and fears that took the life of his friend start to take control of Daniel. A growing sense of isolation engulfs Daniel in the house, which until the arrival of the little girl, he had thought belonged to him.
Source: Ryan Turek, Managing Editor
