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\nInwave Films, the international sales company with offices in Paris and Beijing, has acquired worldwide sales rights to \u201cThe Days Off,\u201d the debut feature from Argentine writer-director Lucila Mariani, ahead of its world premiere in Locarno\u2019s Filmmakers of the Present.<\/p>\n

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\n\tBlending coming-of-age drama with a dreamlike, science-fiction edge, the film filters Argentina\u2019s economic instability and the pull of the digital world through the perspective of a child searching for an escape.<\/p>\n

\n\tSet during the first days of summer, as inflation rises, power cuts intensify and a solar eclipse approaches, the film follows Bego, 12, left to occupy herself while her family contends with the country\u2019s deteriorating economy.<\/p>\n

\n\tUsing her mother\u2019s phone, Bego connects with a virtual friend, REN__, who introduces her to shifting, a real online practice through which teenagers use lucid dreaming and sleep paralysis to try to reach a desired reality. As people around her begin slipping into an emotionally numb trance described as being eclipsed, the boundaries between Bego\u2019s imagination, the digital world and physical reality begin to dissolve.<\/p>\n

\n\tAntonia Robolini stars as Bego alongside Laura Paredes, whose credits include \u201cTrenque Lauquen,\u201d \u201cArgentina, 1985\u201d and \u201cThe Delinquents.\u201d Luiza Quinteiro and Guillermo Berthold round out the cast.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Days Off\u201d was produced by Paula Zyngierman at Argentina\u2019s Maravillacine (\u201cMarilyn,\u201d \u201cUnder the Flags, the Sun\u201d), alongside Brazil\u2019s Persona Non Grata Pictures and Vulcana Films (\u201cHard Paint,\u201d \u201cNight Stage\u201d), with Mexico\u2019s Woo Films (\u201cPedro P\u00e1ramo,\u201d \u201cNoise\u201d) and Valiente Films as co-producers.<\/p>\n

\n\tFrance\u2019s Misia Films, whose credits include Oscar-winning short \u201cTwo People Exchanging Saliva,\u201d and Argentina\u2019s A\u00f1o Luz (\u201cLa Calma,\u201d \u201cLagunas\u201d) are associate producers.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cThe film speaks to anyone who has ever searched for belonging in places others could not see,\u201d said Yuxuan Zhang, co-founder and sales agent at Inwave Films. \u201cWe were captivated by its tenderness, emotional precision and singular cinematic language, and are proud to accompany the film on its international journey. We believe it will resonate deeply with audiences around the world.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tMariani described the feature as a love letter to an earlier internet that allowed young people \u2014 particularly those in the Global South \u2014 to find friendships, culture and identities beyond their immediate surroundings.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s a film that explores intimacy and hopefully invites people to search for a new spirituality \u2014 to seek hope and change in a world that often tells us otherwise,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Human Surge 3\u201d DP Victoria Pereda shot the film, combining phone, webcam and security-camera imagery with long observational takes. Maximiliano Passarelli edited, with sound by Gaspar Schauer and music by Punto y Pac\u00edfico.<\/p>\n

\n\tDeveloped through Cannes\u2019 La Fabrique Cin\u00e9ma, EAVE Puentes, the Locarno Filmmakers Academy and the San Sebasti\u00e1n Co-Production Forum, where it won the ArteKino Award, the project received support from INCAA, Programa Ibermedia, ArteKino International and Ancine.<\/p>\n

\n\tIts world premiere is set for Aug. 7 in Filmmakers of the Present at the 79th Locarno Film Festival, which runs Aug. 5-15.<\/p>\n

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