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| Directed by | Marcelo Martinessi |
| Written by | Marcelo Martinessi |
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| Cinematography | Luis Arteaga |
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| Music by | Zeltia Montes Muñoz |
Production company | La Babosa Cine |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
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Narciso is an upcoming film directed, written, produced, and co-edited by Paraguayan filmmaker Marcelo Martinessi. It is a Paraguayan-Brazilian-Portuguese-German-Spanish-French-Uruguayan international co-production. It will have its world premiere at the 76th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2026.
Set in 1958, a Paraguayan rock star is found dead at the height of his career.
In September 2020, it was reported that Luxbox Films would acquire the international sales of Marcelo Martinessi's then-upcoming film. Martinessi also re-teamed with the companies who produced his previous film, The Heiresses (2018), including Germany's Pandora Filmproduktions and French production company La Fábrica Nocturna Prods. [1] The project participated at the Industry section of the 2020 San Sebastián International Film Festival. It won the DALE! Award and received $23,230 production grant. [2] It was presented at the 2021 Berlinale Co-Production Market and won the ArteKino International Prize. [3] In March 2023, it was announced that Spain's Bteam Prods, Portuguese production company Oublaum, Brazilian company Esquina Films, and Uruguay's Mutante Cine would co-produce the film. [4]
Principal photography entirely took place in Asunción. It began in March and wrapped in April 2024. [5]
Narciso will have its world premiere at the Panorama section of the 76th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2026. [6]