Whatever your criticisms of Netflix are, they have been a home to filmmakers who may not fit in the typical studio system. One of those is Claudia Llosa, who won the Golden Bear and earned an Oscar nomination for The Milk of Sorrow in 2009. It’s been seven years since her last film, the underrated drama Aloft with Jennifer Connolly. And now Llosa is back, thanks to Netflix, with Fever Dream, a suspense film led by Exodus: Gods and Kings actress María Valverde.
Here’s the synopsis, which explains things better than I ever could…
A young woman lies dying far from home. A boy sits beside her. She is not his mother. He is not her child. Together, they tell a haunting story of broken souls, an invisible threat, and the power and desperation of family. Based on the internationally critically acclaimed novel by Samanta Schweblin.
Joining Valverde are Dolores Fonzi, Germán Palacios, Guillermo Pfening, Emilio Vodanovich, Guillermina Sorribes, Marcelo Michinaux and Cristina Banegas.
To show how much of an event it is to get a new film from Llosa, Netflix is giving Fever Dream a limited theatrical run beginning October 6th, followed by streaming on October 13th.
