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Neto Villalobos’ Tropical Dystopia Thriller ‘Love Is the Monster,’ With ‘Gloria’ Star Paulina García, Boarded by Mexico’s Liminal Estudio (EXCLUSIVE)

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Neto Villalobos’ Tropical Dystopia Thriller ‘Love Is the Monster,’ With ‘Gloria’ Star Paulina García, Boarded by Mexico’s Liminal Estudio (EXCLUSIVE)
Apr 8, 2026 4:52am PT Neto Villalobos’ Tropical Dystopia Thriller ‘Love Is the Monster,’ With ‘Gloria’ Star Paulina García, Boarded by Mexico’s Liminal Estudio (EXCLUSIVE)

With Liminal on board, ‘Love Is the Monster’ packs powerful pan-Latin America co-production backing, one sign of a major title from the region 

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“Love Is the Monster” (“El amor es el monstro”), a tropical dystopia thriller from Neto Villalobos whose “All About the Feathers” and “Helmet Heads” both premiered at Toronto, has been boarded by Mexico’s Liminal Estudio, creating an impressive five-way co-production stretching from Mexico through Costa Rica, Panama to Peru and Chile.

Headed by Paulina García, the Berlin Silver Bear actress award winner for “Gloria” from Oscar-winner Sebastián Lelio, “Love Is the Monster” figures as a potential highlight at the IFF Panama’s Primera Mirada, a pix-in-post showcase, which unspools over April 10-11.

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