Manu Ríos is awating the rapture…
The 26-year-old Spanish actor and singer will star in the buzzy horror Rapture, which HanWay Films will be launching for the Cannes market.
Rios, best known for his work in Elite, will star opposite Will Poulter and Kit Connor in the film.
An intriguing premise, the film is set in Medieval England in the year 1348.
The story alights on Lansley Abbey, a remote stone monastery in Yorkshire, which houses ten monks bound by a life of strict routine and devotion. Their fragile peace is disrupted by the arrival of a messenger – a man with haunting news from the outside world who rapidly shows symptoms of a mystery illness. A virulent plague is spreading through the land: marked initially by a hemorrhagic fever, it turns its victims into “revenants” — restless, undead beings. As the contagion closes in, Lansley Abbey becomes a battleground: desperate outsiders beg for refuge while the infected threaten to overrun its walls. The monks are torn apart by a moral rift — between those who believe they must care for the sick and those who want to protect the centuries of knowledge safe-guarded by the monastery. As death is fully unleashed, so too is the brothers’ capacity for extraordinary acts of altruism and ruthless betrayal, forcing them to confront the ultimate question: what does it mean to be human?
The film marks the debut feature for playwright and director Jordan Tannahill.
Filming is due to begin later this year in Hungary. Producers are Elevation Pictures, 2AM and Brookstreet Pictures. Eli Arenson is attached as director of photography.
Ríos also appeared in Pedro Almodovar’s Strange Way Of Life.
