Brazilian Erotic Thriller ‘The Riverbank’ Boarded by Premium Films, MPM Premium Ahead of Locarno Competition Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

Directed by Matheus Farias and Enock Carvalho, the highly anticipated feature debut, a timely exploration of desire, faith, violence and institutional power, is set in Brazil's Recife  

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Paris-based Premium Films, together with its feature film sales division MPM Premium, has acquired international sales rights to Matheus Farias and Enock Carvalho’s “The Riverbank” (“A Margem do Rio”).

The atmospheric erotic thriller will world premiere in the prestigious international competition at the upcoming Locarno Film Festival, taking place in Switzerland over August 5-15. 

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