Paris-based Pulsar Content is launching sales on Russian-language serial killer crime thriller The Execution at TIFF, reports Screen Daily.
The thriller is inspired by the case of an infamous Soviet-era serial killer who eluded police for a decade.
The thriller marks the debut feature of award-winning Russian music video and commercials director Lado Kvataniya, who was feted in the Young Director Awards at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in 2016.
The cast features a host of buzzy local talent including Yulia Snigir (The New Pope, Die Hard), Niko Tavadze (The Parts), Daniil Spivakovsky (Midsummer Madness), Evgeniy Tkachuk (Zimniy), Aglaya Tarasova (Lyod) and Victoria Tolstoganova.
It started shooting in Russia on September 9.
It is the latest production from Moscow-based company Hype Film, the producer of Kirill Serebrennikov’s Leto and upcoming Petrov’s Flu as well as titles such as Persian Lessons and Sputnik.
XYZ Films is on board to handle North American sales.