'Dreadful Mother' Picked up by Latido Films, Showcased at Ventana Sur

BUENOS AIRES — Put through some of the most prestigious genre development labs in the world – Cannes’ Fantastic 7, Fantasia’s Frontières, Sitges’ WomanInFan and the Guadalajara Co-Production Meeting where it won two prizes, Alicia Albares ’ “ Dreadful Mother ” (“La Mala Madre”) has been picked up for international sales by Spain’s Latido Films .

Fast emerging as one of the world’s most prominent Spanish-language genre sales agents, Latido Films will sneak peek a trailer of the upcoming feature at Ventana Sur ’s Spanish Screenings Next From Spain: The Talent to Come showcase, which takes place Dec. 4.

Albares’ feature debut, “Dreadful Mother” turns on Victoria, who wakes up with a broken arm in a country house where she has been kidnapped, cared for by an apparently attentive doct