France’s Les Films de l’œil Sauvage and Switzerland’s Alva Films have boarded Pedro Speroni ’s “Talia After Talia,” produced by Argentina’s El Ojo Silva. The documentary is one of the projects selected for this year’s prestigious IDFA Forum, where it will be presented as part of the pitching projects.

The film follows the titular 27-year-old, who spent eight years in a maximum-security prison in Argentina. Once freed, Talia returns to live with her mother in a marginalized neighborhood, where she begins a difficult path towards integration. Speaking with Variety out of the Dutch festival, Speroni says the project will “bring to a close” a trilogy he began with 2021’s “Rancho” and 2023’s “The Bilbaos,” his two previous films.

“This co-production is a great joy,” he says of the recen

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