Venice Days Competition Title ‘The Indies’ Boarded by MoreThan Films (EXCLUSIVE)

Set in 1652, Pauline Julier and Nicolas Chapoulier's film follows three men as they transport a painting across a Europe ravaged by wars and uprisings

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Barcelona-based world sales company MoreThan Films has acquired period road movie “Les Indes” (“The Indies”), co-written and directed by first-time feature filmmakers Pauline Julier and Nicolas Chapoulier, ahead of its premiere in the Venice Film Festival’s Giornate Degli Autori (Venice Days).

Produced by Spain’s Lastor Media (“Alcarràs”) and Switzerland’s Alina Film (“The Currents”) and inspired by true events, “Les Indes” centers on Alejandro (Théo Urtubey), a young Spanish nobleman, who, along with two French soldiers (played by Raphaël Thiéry and Lazare Minoungou), is tasked with delivering a portrait of the infanta of Spain – Maria Theresa, daughter of King Philip IV – to the young king of France, Louis XIV, in the hope of sealing a fragile alliance between the two countries in 1652.

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