EXCLUSIVE: AF, the manufacturing firm based by Frank Ariza (Sorry, Child), has acquired the rights to adapt The place Are You, Coronary heart?, a brief story from an anthology by Argentinian novelist Mariana Enríquez, and employed Spanish filmmaker Marçal Forès (Olympo) to direct.
The place Are You, Coronary heart? is one in every of 12 quick tales in The Risks of Smoking in Mattress, a 2009 anthology by Enríquez. The e-book was translated into English in 2021 and was shortlisted for the Worldwide Booker Prize. The e-book, revealed in Spain by Editorial Anagrama, explores on a regular basis horrors—a recurring theme within the work of Enríquez, who’s greatest recognized for utilizing basic horror parts like ghosts and rituals to discover the social and political realities of her house nation.
The place Are You, Coronary heart? follows a fundamental character who realizes at a really younger age that she is aroused by the terminally sick. After some exploration, she discovers that her true obsession is with folks affected by coronary heart illness. The synopsis reads: It’s a narrative the place dying, sickness, and intercourse are intricately linked.
The Risks of Smoking in Mattress has been revealed in 54 editions and translated into greater than 16 languages. Enríquez has additionally revealed Issues We Misplaced within the Fireplace (2016) and Our Share of Night time (2019). Her work has attracted growing big-screen consideration in recent times, with Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín locking a deal final month to direct an adaptation of her quick story My Unhappy Lifeless for Netflix. That shall be a four-part sequence on the streamer.
Forès is a Barcelona-born filmmaker. He directed all three movies within the well-liked Netflix YA trilogy Via My Window, the 2014 function Eternal Love, which performed Outfest and Sitges, and the episodes of the Netflix sequence Olympo.
