Apparently news broke a while ago that IFC Films scored the US distribution rights for THE APPEARED, but no dates had been given. According to 24FramesPerSecond that all changed today! Apparently IFC have recently made THE APPEARED available via their cable on demand service. A DVD release can’t be too far behind!
THE APPEARED is written and directed by Paco Cabezas. It’s a twisted flick with the synopsis reading: One night Malena and Pablo, a sister and brother traveling together in Argentina, discover a diary that details crimes committed twenty years ago. That same night, the past and present intertwine; before the siblings’ helpless eyes, a family is persecuted, tortured, and murdered step-by-step in the manner described in the diary. The siblings’ trip becomes a nightmare, in which they don’t know if the people whom they’re trying to save are real… or manifestations of something that occurred twenty years ago. Following the trail of ‘the disappeared’, they discover that, beyond the fiction, the true horror is hidden in the reality: 30 000 people were kidnapped, tortured, and murdered under Argentina’s military dictatorship. The people forget, but the pain, as a physical presence, lives on.
Sounds like it’s got some twisted potential right? I’d definitely give it a shot! I’ve gone ahead and thrown up the international trailer for THE APPEARED over in our videos section. Or you can check it out by clicking through below. Go ahead and check out the flick’s official website while we wait for more news on THE APPEARED.
THE APPEARED star Ruth Díaz.