Bloody Disgusting and Cineverse are raising the dead with celebrated zombie drama The Funeral, acquired out of Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) for North America with plans to release the film this fall across all platforms, including its Bloody Disgusting-powered Screambox streaming service.
The news was first reported by Variety this morning.
The Funeral stars popular Turkish actor Ahmet Rifat Sungar (The Wild Pear Tree, Actress) as a solitary hearse driver who is driving the body of a young murder victim back to her family in the East of the country.
“One night, he opens the back doors of the hearse to find the dead girl making strange grunting noises. He is immediately captivated by her beauty and falls in love.
“Together, they set off on a mission to avenge her death, leaving a trail of corpses in their wake. Rising young actress Cansu Türedi plays the dead girl.”
Turkish...
The news was first reported by Variety this morning.
The Funeral stars popular Turkish actor Ahmet Rifat Sungar (The Wild Pear Tree, Actress) as a solitary hearse driver who is driving the body of a young murder victim back to her family in the East of the country.
“One night, he opens the back doors of the hearse to find the dead girl making strange grunting noises. He is immediately captivated by her beauty and falls in love.
“Together, they set off on a mission to avenge her death, leaving a trail of corpses in their wake. Rising young actress Cansu Türedi plays the dead girl.”
Turkish...
- 4/9/2024
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Paris-based genre specialist Reel Suspects has boarded world sales on Turkish director Orçun Behram’s horror The Funeral ahead of its premiere at the Lisbon International Horror Film Festival, better known as MotelX.
XYZ is repping North America.
Famu and Columbia College Chicago-educated Behram previously made waves with with 2019 dystopian drama The Antenna, about the residents of a tower block terrorized by a new communications system. The film played at a number of festivals including Toronto and London.
New film The Funeral stars popular Turkish actor Ahmet Rifat Sungar as a solitary hearse driver who is driving the body of a young murder victim back to her family in the East of the country.
One night, he opens the back doors of the hearse to find the dead girl making strange grunting noises. He is immediately captivated by her beauty and falls in love.
XYZ is repping North America.
Famu and Columbia College Chicago-educated Behram previously made waves with with 2019 dystopian drama The Antenna, about the residents of a tower block terrorized by a new communications system. The film played at a number of festivals including Toronto and London.
New film The Funeral stars popular Turkish actor Ahmet Rifat Sungar as a solitary hearse driver who is driving the body of a young murder victim back to her family in the East of the country.
One night, he opens the back doors of the hearse to find the dead girl making strange grunting noises. He is immediately captivated by her beauty and falls in love.
- 9/12/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
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