Gay Erotic Thriller ‘Night Stage’ Sold to Germany and Austria Ahead of Berlinale Premiere, Trailer Debuts (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comLeo Barraclough International Features Editor “Night Stage,” the gay erotic thriller by Brazil’s Filipe Matzembacher and Marcio Reolon, has been acquired by German distributor Salzgeber, which will release the film in Germany and Austria.
The film will world premiere in Berlinale’s Panorama sidebar next week. M-Appeal is handling international sales for the film, and has released the international trailer. “We have followed the careers of filmmakers Filipe Matzembacher and Marcio Reolon since their first feature, ‘Seashore,’ premiered at the Berlinale in 2015,” Jakob Kijas from Salzgeber said. “In 2017, we released their miniseries ‘The Nest’ in Germany.
Now we are delighted to welcome ‘Night Stage’ in our program – a bold and beautiful drama about love, sex, performances and politics, that takes risks and fully delivers.” Salzgeber plans to release ‘Night Stage’ theatrically in autumn this year.
The film joins the distributor’s upcoming slate alongside “Misericordia” by Alain Guiraudie, “Baby” by Marcelo Caetano (also represented by M-Appeal) and “Viet and Nam” by Trương Minh Quý. “Night Stage” follows an ambitious actor and a successful politician who start a secret affair, and together discover their fetish for having sex in public places.
