Vorteks Nabs Worldwide Rights to Psychological Thriller ‘Rain Catcher’
Genre label Vorteks has nabbed worldwide rights to the psychological thriller Rain Catcher, reports Deadline this morning.
An extension of director Michele Fiascaris’ Silver Méliès-winning short of the same name, which premiered at the Sitges Film Festival, the film is set “against the backdrop of a rainy, nocturnal London, where O’Shaughnessy reprises his role as photographer Miles who obsessively captures unforgiving, morbid portraits of unaware strangers. When he’s not selling them, he shares them anonymously online under the moniker of “Rain Catcher.”
“But soon he notices something unsettling in his photos: a mysterious woman watching him and photographing him—turning the lens back on Miles. As her gaze closes in, his world fractures—his work is sabotaged, his name defamed, his loved ones endangered. Consumed by paranoia, he spirals into a dark, delirious obsession to uncover the truth behind her motives.”
Dudley O’Shaughnessy in his first leading feature film role.
Polesel produces for Yellow Pill Films alongside Julien Loeffler and James Kermack for Featuristic Films. Serving as executive producers are Henrik Källsson from Yellow Pill, along with Keith Kehoe, David Gendron and Ali Jazayeri for TPC. Associate producer Alba Moyano co-created the story.
Rain Catcher is currently in post-production.