Latin Quarter Distribution Acquires World Rights to José Dell’Acqua Uruguayan Crime Thriller ‘Maltrato Animal’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Presented at Locarno's First Look focus, the film follows a desperate veterinarian forced into criminal activity to survive during Uruguay's 2002 economic crisis

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Latin Quarter Distribution has acquired world sales rights to José Dell’Acqua’s Uruguayan crime thriller “Maltrato Animal” (“Animal Budget”).

The deal was closed after a screening of “Maltrato Animal” at Locarno’s First Look, a pix-in-post competition focused on rough-cut screenings of emerging and established talent from a territory around the world, this year Uruguay.

Presented in Locarno by the Agencia del Cine y el Audiovisual del Uruguay (ACAU), which is still building Uruguay’s film-TV ecosysytem, the film, currently in the editing stage, is set against the backdrop of Uruguay’s 2002 economic crisis and explores a generation shaped by that pivotal moment in the country’s history.

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