TBA Studios has acquired the Philippine theatrical distribution rights to Nocebo, the Filipino-Irish suspense thriller starring Eva Green, Mark Strong, and Chai Fonacier.
Directed by Irish Film and Television Awards-winning filmmaker Lorcan Finnegan, Nocebo centers on Christine (green), a fashion designer who suffers from a mysterious illness that confounds her doctors and frustrates her husband, Felix (Strong). Help arrives in the form of Diana, a Filipino nanny (Fonacier) who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying truth.
Nocebo was the opening film at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival and had limited runs at Sitges Film Festival, Cork International Film Festival, Singapore International Film Festival, and QCinema International Film Festival. It was the first recipient of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP)’s International Co-production Fund (ICOF) in 2020.
Nocebo was produced by Brunella Cocchiglia and Emily Leo and co-produced by the Filipino production company, Epicmedia. It was executive produced by XYZ Films.
The film acquisition comes on the heels of the much-talked-about local releases of Cannes-winning films Triangle of Sadness, a cinematic masterpiece in which actress Dolly de Leon made history as the first Filipina to be nominated for Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actress; and Plan 75, Japan’s entry to the Academy Awards that likewise stars a thespian of Filipino descent, Stefanie Arianne.
Nocebo is set to be released in Philippine cinemas on January 18.