Exclusive: Film Factory has picked up international rights to The Devil Within, a psychological thriller now in post that marks the directorial debut of Spanish director Rubén Pérez Barrena.
The film is set in a remote Spanish village in the 1980s and follows a young French boy who arrives with his family seeking peace, only to become entangled with a local man unravelling after the mysterious disappearance of his son.Tamar Novas stars with Marina Salas, Iván Marcos, and Belgian actress Annick Weerts.
The film is produced by Beatriz Bodegas of Madrid’s La Canica.
Co-written by Pérez Barrena and Jesús Miguel Quintana,...
The film is set in a remote Spanish village in the 1980s and follows a young French boy who arrives with his family seeking peace, only to become entangled with a local man unravelling after the mysterious disappearance of his son.Tamar Novas stars with Marina Salas, Iván Marcos, and Belgian actress Annick Weerts.
The film is produced by Beatriz Bodegas of Madrid’s La Canica.
Co-written by Pérez Barrena and Jesús Miguel Quintana,...
- 5/13/2025
- ScreenDaily
Spain’s Tamar Novas, star of Netflix’s top non-English pic “Nowhere” in 2023, leads a top-tier cast that includes Marina Salas, Iván Marcos and Annick Weerts in Rubén Pérez Barrena’s upcoming debut feature “The Devil Within.”
The rural thriller is produced by Beatriz Bodegas at La Canica Films who won a Goya for the 2016 thriller “The Fury of a Patient Man” (“Tarde para la ira”).
Set in a remote Spanish village during the 1980s, “The Devil Within” follows Philippe, a young French boy who arrives with his parents seeking peace—but instead, they meet Miguel (Novas), a local man unraveling after the mysterious disappearance of his son.
Blending emotional depth with slow-burning tension, the film explores how grief and trauma can push people to their limits—and asks a chilling question: What if tragedy brings out our darkest selves?
“I am very grateful to this film project and especially...
The rural thriller is produced by Beatriz Bodegas at La Canica Films who won a Goya for the 2016 thriller “The Fury of a Patient Man” (“Tarde para la ira”).
Set in a remote Spanish village during the 1980s, “The Devil Within” follows Philippe, a young French boy who arrives with his parents seeking peace—but instead, they meet Miguel (Novas), a local man unraveling after the mysterious disappearance of his son.
Blending emotional depth with slow-burning tension, the film explores how grief and trauma can push people to their limits—and asks a chilling question: What if tragedy brings out our darkest selves?
“I am very grateful to this film project and especially...
- 4/16/2025
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
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